This is from this morning’s NYT:
Mrs. Clinton scored a clear victory measured in the number of people attending the caucuses on her behalf. But Mr. Obama’s campaign was successful by another measure — in the allocation of delegates to the national nominating convention, a result of a complex formula that gave more weight to votes [...]
Just a brief note on the gerrymandering here on the strip.
The caucus takes place on Saturday morning. –This leaves out Observant Jews.
The votes cast in these new at large precincts carry five times as much weight as normal precincts. –In other words, for every two votes cast in the hotels there must be 10 votes [...]
ger·ry·man·dered, ger·ry·man·der·ing, ger·ry·man·ders
To divide (a geographic area) into voting districts so as to give unfair advantage to one party or group in elections.
Obama will win Nevada because a judge has decided that gerrymandering is ok by him.
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Nevada Supreme Court Justice Saitta again in the news
This is another blog on our most beloved Supreme Court Judge.
Why would anyone want to cast aspersions on the reputation of such a respected civil servant.
Just because, while she sat on the District Court bench, she was the most reversed judge in the state.
Just because the Nevada [...]