Cynthia Tucker on Voting Rights Act

Atlanta Journal Constitution.  Tucker recognizes one downside to the 1982 amendments that effectively require single member districts in many circumstances:

"Unfortunately — like so many measures designed to provide redress for historic wrongs — those racially gerrymandered districts also come with a significant downside: They discourage moderation."

 
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