It seems Lucas might be onto something here. Not necessarily a conspiracy or gerrymandering though. Lucas is asking some pertinent questions. Questions both the City and the County should answer.

The initial combination of precincts 81 and 92 appear to be the result of a pretty big blunder on the part of both the City and Ada County. Apparently those folks looked only at the numbers and not at an actual map where the precincts are really located. If they would have taken the time to look at a precinct map, like the map on both their publicly available mapping web sites, it would have been apparent that combination wasn’t a practical one.

Now it appears another even bigger blunder may have been made. Combining precincts 92, 93, and 96 does seem to create one monster of a precinct. Perhaps even more than one polling place can be reasonably expected to handle in a timely manner on Election Day. Even considering that only about 2/3rds of each of those precincts are inside city limits it is still a monster of a precinct.

Both the City and the County have very robust, cutting edge computerized mapping units which could have assisted the “front line” folks on where to combine precincts. It appears neither the City nor the County “front line” folks bothered to consult with the mapping folks. Because of that oversight, the lines to vote in precincts 92, 93, and 96 come November may be really long.

Are precincts being closed? No, but some are being combined. Does it benefit the incumbents? Probably not. Could it frustrate voters? Perhaps. At least there is the vote by mail option.

You are not going to win on a bicycle in a collision with a car. Get used to the idea and ride like the guys in the cars can’t see you all of the time. Especially in transitions from shade to bright daylight and evening and moring shadows.

It would not surprise me if it was true. The perception that I get is that they do what they want and then we discover what they did.

It’s easier to ask for forgiveness then permission correct?