POLS 110 Lecture Notes - Secret Ballot, Corrupt Practices, Gerrymandering
20 Jul 2013
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Not secret ballot (first used in australia) Employers instructed employees on how to vote. Elections in afghanistan: killing of voters. Offer bribes of cash and alcohol: padding the voter"s list. Referred to electoral boundaries that hadn"t been adjusted in years. Some boroughs had less than 50 voters due to population shifts: many were tenants of the men who represented. Drawing constituency boundaries: elbridge gerry, governor of mass. Dispersed opponents amongst friendly population: packing and cracking . The vote: 56% vote conservative, 32% vote ndp, 8% vote liberal. The results: 13 seats conservative, 0 seats ndp, 1 seat liberal. Divide urban centres to mix them with rural population: mix liberals and ndp with rural conservatives. Gerrymandering today: race and electoral outcomes. South had history of excluding black voters: racial gerrymandering/ race conscious districting. Mechanism for translating preferences of citizens into political outcomes.
