I recently looked at the state Senate district that covers
Cornelius and Huntersville. It contains these two towns, a
narrow ribbon along the I-485 corridor and then Mathews and Mint
Hill. (When was the last time that you were in Mint Hill? Could
you find it on a map?) It is an ugly example of how our elected
officials jerry rig the election process through gerrymandering,
where the politicians pick their voters before the voters get to
pick the politician. In the last election, half of the districts
in N.C. went uncontested, in large part because this jerry-
rigged system preordains the outcome. Our “patriot” elected
officials have undermined democracy at its core. (My comments
have nothing to do with the incumbent, Jeff Tarte.)