Charleston Currents – reapportionment

BRACK: Redrawing districts as usual could cripple representative democracy

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | The S.C. General Assembly now has a license to steal your vote, courtesy of the U.S. Supreme Court.

In a late June decision that surprised many students of representative democracy, the high court ruled it was perfectly fine for state legislatures to draw election district lines for partisan purposes.

by Andy Brack · 07/15/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Andy Brack, Views

7/15: Multi-generational housing; Redistricting concerns; Lights for Liberty

IN THIS EDITION OF CHARLESTON CURRENTS

FOCUS, Matheny: Gen Xers are driving trend of multi-generational housing
COMMENTARY, Brack: Redrawing districts as usual could cripple democracy
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Charleston RiverDogs
PHOTO ESSAY: Lights for Liberty provides powerful, thought-provoking night
GOOD NEWS: RiverDogs among leaders in licensed merchandise sales
FEEDBACK: Send us your letters
MYSTERY PHOTO: Old, brick church
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: Dixie Hummingbirds
CALENDAR: Lowcountry Jazz Festival to return over Labor Day weekend

by Charleston Currents · 07/15/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue

MY TURN: Both sides need to stop gerrymandering

By Elliott Brack, special to Charleston Currents | Gerrymandering is nothing less than a majority government being unfair to the minority of its citizens in a particular area.

It is also an obvious case of bullying by the majority government. If it happened on the playground, people would yell, holler and stop it.

Yet it’s happened repeatedly in our halls of government, and no major challenge has risen to outlaw this practice. Why can’t our legislators understand this unfairness, and move to outlaw it?

by Special to Charleston Currents · 11/20/2017 · Comments are Disabled · My Turn, Views

BRACK: Redrawing political lines is best hope for better legislature

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | State lawmakers have the power to alter the way the legislature works to make it more representative of all South Carolina and, in turn, boost the potential for compromise and better outcomes for taxpayers.

But to do so, they’ll have to do something that’s very hard – hold their egos and political futures in check by redrawing district lines that are more competitive and less self-serving.

by Andy Brack · 08/28/2017 · Comments are Disabled · Andy Brack, Views