Reporter's Notebook: Balance of state power now lies with independent voters By MIKE DENNISON Gazette State Bureau
...Republicans complained loudly three years ago when legislative districts were drawn up by a Democratic-controlled panel, saying the districts were rigged in Democrats' favor.
There's no doubt that the new districts are more advantageous to Democrats than the districts that were in effect from 1994 to 2002, when Republicans controlled both houses of the Legislature. Those districts were drawn by a Republican-controlled commission.
Yet the current districts offer no slam-dunk victory for Democrats. They offer a fairly even split, with control of the Legislature going to the party that can win the most swing seats.
Some argue that this makeup more accurately represents a state where at least one-fourth of voters call themselves independents and vote depending on the candidate. Win this sector of voters, and you control the state politically.....
Watch out, politicians! The continuous corruption of electoral reforms is being challenged by independent voters who are organizing on the ground, without candidates, parties or traditional political structures...
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