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> The seat — formally known as single-member district 7F07 — was first created during the last round of redistricting in 2011, drawn to encompass a largely inst
by frosted-flakes 5y ago
> The seat — formally known as single-member district 7F07 — was first created during the last round of redistricting in 2011, drawn to encompass a largely institutional plot of land that housed the D.C. Jail, the now-demolished D.C. General family homeless shelter, and the Harriet Tubman Women’s Shelter. The seat was never filled, largely due to the transient nature of the residents who could have run for it and the significant logistical challenges involved in actually running for office — especially for those political hopefuls who remained behind bars.
- LatteLazy 5y agoYeah, the seat was created. But it doesn't actually say why or why prisoners were given the vote. That's my issue here: WHY. What is the actual justification?
- frosted-flakes 5y agoThey're not being lumped in with non-prisoner residents.
- LatteLazy 5y agoAren't they? Isn't their rep part of a council of reps making decisions for the wider area? Sorry if I'm being dumb, I thought they were licking 1 rep to send to a government, not 1 rep to run that area...
- dragonwriter 5y ago> Isn't their rep part of a council of reps making decisions for the wider area? The particular seat at issue is not (its a rep to a non-decision-making advisory body, the decision-making bodies it advises are D.C. and Federal bodies), though since D.C. is apparently ending disenfranchisement of the currently-incarcerated entirely, that will be the case in other elections.