Montgomery County has a Ballot Mess

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Montgomery County Registrar Randy Wertz was supposed to be on vacation last week. Instead, he was in the office dealing with the electoral mess state and county officials have concocted. It is almost as if they conspired to make life miserable for him and his team. He has no time to waste assembling the county's new electoral jigsaw puzzle.

Some changes and new lines were inevitable. The General Assembly and Montgomery County Board of Supervisors had to draw their respective legislative districts after the 2010 U.S. Census. Their overriding goal was to ensure roughly equal representation for all residents.

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Montgomery County has a Ballot Mess

The process was not pure, though. Political goals proved equally powerful. Mad schemes for partisan gain and incumbent protection led to maps that defied logic. They tore communities of interest asund...

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