[EL] Lopsided defeat for single-member districts in Amarillo -- endof this system's viability in the US?

[Abigail Thernstrom]

	Scary? Why?  There are many forms of election compatible with  
democratic government, at-large voting being among them.

	Always discriminatory? You really want to make that argument?

Abigail Thernstrom
Vice-chair, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
Adjunct Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
www.thernstrom.com



On May 15, 2011, at 8:51 PM, john.k.tanner at gmail.com wrote:

> As Amarillo goes, so goes the nation?   that's scary on so many levels
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