To the editor:<\/p>\n
There is some present discussion of redrawing Congressional districts here in Florida now (in the middle of the decade). If this comes to pass, I suggest that some of these new districts be \u201cat-large,\u201d rather than simply territorial.<\/p>\n
Doing so would allow third-party candidates a shot at getting elected to Congress. As it stands now, for example, individual Libertarians are \u201cburied alive\u201d in districts that are overwhelmingly structured in favor of one of the \u201clegacy\u201d parties (i.e., the usual suspects, Democratic or Republican).\u00a0At-large districts would allow us to aggregate our votes and maybe add a new voice or two in Congress.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Of course, voters from the \u201clegacy\u201d parties could aggregate\u00a0their votes, too, and swamp us as usual, if they are still of a mind to do so.\u00a0To them, I say: try it. What are you afraid of? After all, you\u2019ll still have your own representative from your own district.<\/p>\n
Live Free or Die.<\/p>\n
Larry Gillis<\/p>\n
Director-at-Large, Libertarian Party of Florida<\/p>\n
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