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"Any attempt to say otherwise ignores the fact that redistricting is based on the Census, and the Census counts students where they live during the school year."

Redistricting is based on the Census, and that's not in doubt. But it's possible to argue in this particular case, that those counted by the census cannot be plausibly assumed to be DC voters. Redistricting laws (and court decisions) have long equated the two by reasonable assumption because the cases (at least, those I'm familiar with) in front of them have generally involved non-transitory minority residents.

So while the letter of the case-law and statutes might be violated here, it strikes me that the spirit of the law (trying to protect non-transitory voting residents' right to self-rule and representation) might not be.

Can someone, somewhere in this debate, cite some statistics on how many Georgetown students are registered voters in DC?

by Andrew in DC on Sep 13, 2011 4:40 pm • link • report

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