if fair maps existed everywhere there'd be a lot more minority representation and thus likely big gains for the left.
https://fairvote.org/sample-fair-representation-act-maps/
some helpful context from the article linked in the OP:
The last time the Rate Bureau made a dwelling rate filing was in July 2023, when it requested an average statewide increase of 50.6%. After negotiation, the Department of Insurance and the Rate Bureau reached a settlement for an overall...
they have the worst taste imaginable.
all of their decorating is like what AI would come up with if you told it to give you the tackiest, most overwrought, new-money looks possible.
i'm paraphrasing.
regardless, you've been all over this thread acting like this whole situation is a complete nothingburger when it is in fact a somethingburger.
my mom and her 2 allies won seats on our town commission!
supposed to be non-partisan but obviously we know where folks stand and the board (mayor plus 4 commissioners) is now 4-1 in favor of the good guys!
his behavior in this thread is HYSTERICAL.
"this is all fine, it's all good, what we're seeing happen here isn't actually happening! none of this matters! look the other way!"