tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post7509971404143812514..comments2024-03-28T14:37:17.081-04:00Comments on The Gossips of Rivertown: More Dissension Over the Weighted VoteCarole Osterinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-56847224151832617462013-02-18T16:05:42.078-05:002013-02-18T16:05:42.078-05:00Mr. Friedman, please explain the illegality of the...Mr. Friedman, please explain the illegality of the following claim from a technical report on reapportionment produced by Cornell University: <br /><br />"It should be noted that some counties (e.g., Cortland) redistrict to within 5% and then do weighted voting as well" (p. iii).<br /><br />http://www.goshen.edu/dhousman/files/2012/05/Reapportionment.pdfunheimlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00204285837938988668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-68954910521601774692013-02-17T21:57:07.156-05:002013-02-17T21:57:07.156-05:00"Anticipating your next question: you can'..."Anticipating your next question: you can't have both because NYS law says so."<br /><br />I don't believe there's any such law that prohibits what I've described.unheimlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00204285837938988668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-86163792004913720902013-02-12T15:43:04.174-05:002013-02-12T15:43:04.174-05:00"You can't have both because NYS law says..."You can't have both because NYS law says so ..."<br /><br />I haven't missed the reference for lack of effort, but for unsuccessful Googling and searching through state laws.<br /><br />Of course the only question that should concern anyone who cares to know is at what specific point such a law decides that the ward numbers are even enough, or that the imbalance is great enough, to require either approach. <br /><br />Whatever the answer is, the numbers must codified if there is an either/or.<br /><br /> unheimlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00204285837938988668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-30560172577807610732013-02-12T15:02:03.230-05:002013-02-12T15:02:03.230-05:00Tim, the decision not to redistrict was made by th...Tim, the decision not to redistrict was made by the voters of Hudson via referendum in 2005 I believe (the last time referendum was used in Hudson). As I've mentioned to you previously, I believe anyone can get the ball rolling on a new referendum. <br /><br />As for your second paragraph, there is no need to have a weighted vote if we redistrict: the council districts are drawn to equalize populations within each district. And that is your choice: councilmatic districts or wards -- you can't have both. (Anticipating your next question: you can't have both because NYS law says so.)John K. Friedmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16514407793203424954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-2876494879135713032013-02-12T14:18:34.120-05:002013-02-12T14:18:34.120-05:00Who decided that redistricting - or redistricting ...Who decided that redistricting - or redistricting that includes a weighted vote component - is not on the table?<br /><br />It is not ridiculous to redistrict AND have a weighted vote, since the wards would still be larger and smaller than one another and the weighted vote component would obviate the need for a referendum on redistricting every 10 years.<br /><br />Who's decided that we won't have this conversation? <br /><br />"Democracy" my a**!unheimlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00204285837938988668noreply@blogger.com