Signatures filed to invalidate Maryland Congressional redistricting

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I guess only Republicans are allowed to gerrymander. Their gerrymanders in OH, PA, FL, TX, VA, GA,  and so are are all perfectly fine.

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So you're saying they "deserved" it? Why can't Maryland Republicans push for an independent commission instead?

"Independent commissions," as established in Arizona and California, bizarrely enough, both have created blatant Democratic gerrymanders (in Arizona's case, twice in a row).

I don't know about the new districts, but the old NJ ones should have had another Democrat. 7-6 in a solid blue state is pretty lame.

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Successful!

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-congressional-redistrict-20120711,0,4104812.story

Win-win.  If the measure is defeated, we keep the current map.  If the measure passes, the current map can just be replaced with an 8-0 map (which isn't really that hard to draw).

While an 8-0 could be possible, it's better to go 7-1, rather than end up with a dummymander like Georgia Democrats had in the 1990s that was supposed to eliminate Gingrich.

Of course gerrymandering should be eliminated, but Maryland is one of the few with gerrymanders for the Democrats right now.