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,0419- Page <br />printer- friendly story <br />0,419- Page 2 of 2 <br />Super districting places nonurban voters on an equal footing with urban voters for four of the seats on the Board of <br />County Commissioners, This provides a majority of commissioners whose pool of potential votes is roughly equal <br />between urban and nonurban citizens. These population - balanced super districts would encourage county - centric <br />consensus on policy decisions. <br />By reconciling the adversarial perceptions that existing BOCC policy is dominated by urban voters and that the new <br />representation bill's approval by the Legislature will strengthen urban domination through narrow district- centrism, <br />super districting is an alternative that encourages fair, responsive and representative government while in keeping <br />with both the letter and spirit of one - person, one -vote, <br />Artie L. Franklin <br />Chapel Hill <br />The writer ran for a seat on the Orange County Commissioners in 2004- <br />© Copyright 2005 by The Durham Herald Company. All rights reserved. All material on beraldsun.com is <br />protected by U.S. and international copyright laws and may not be reproduced or redistributed in any medium <br />except as provided in the site's Terms of Use. <br />[back] <br />