Republicans are Seriously Considering a Plan to Rig the Electoral System
January 23, 2013
Jamelle Bouie
Rather than change their ideas, the GOP is considering a plan to change the rules to win elections.
If Virginia, Ohio, Florida, and other states had gone in a different direction on November 7th, yesterday would have been the first day of President Mitt Romney’s term, and Republicans would have been on the road to repealing Obamacare, approving the Keystone pipeline, sanctioning China, and implementing the Ryan plan.
As it stands, the combination of changing demographics and a good-enough economy gave President Obama a solid win, and another four years in the White House.
For some Republicans, this defeat is an opportunity to reevaluate the party’s message and better appeal to key demographics like Latinos and women. Others have taken a different approach. Instead of changing their posture or reevaluating their policies, these Republicans are making a push to change the rules, so they can have their cake (win the next election) and eat it too (keep their Tea Party policies).
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This would take the existing malapportionment of our political system—rural states have more representation relative to their populations—and amplify it by an incredible extent. A state like Pennsylvania would move from reliably Democratic to solidly Republican, since the majority of voters are packed into a small number of urban congressional districts. It’s a full-scale assault on the principle of “one person, one vote.”
http://prospect.org/article/republicans-are-seriously-considering-plan-rig-electoral-system
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We can work together and prevent this travesty. We want to remain a democracy!!