Mayor Carlos Gimenez and his appointed elections supervisor, Penelope Townsley, have planned to delay the new precincts for another year. Counties are supposed to evenly distribute voters once every 10 years. Miami-Dade has not “re-precincted” since 2002. “It’s not a question of if re-precincting should be done in Miami-Dade County, but when,” [Florida Secretary of State Ken] Detzner said…
Some commissioners say they fear that would cause widespread confusion.
In fact, Miami-Dade’s decision to delay re-precincting until after the 2012 presidential election “to avoid voter confusion and inconvenience” actually contributed to the long lines and other problems reported on Election Day 2012, according to the Final Report issued by the Mayor’s Election Advisory Group.
The two major political parties (George Washington warned in his Farewell Address “Factions” would destroy the republic if they ever came to power) have used the phony excuse of ‘ballot confusion’ to stifle all competition beyond each other. A national census for Legislative Reapportionment and Redistricting every ten years has been a requirement of the Constitution of the United States since 1791.
The bi-partisanship hailed by the duopoly is a subversion of the Founders’ non-partisan intent.