Although we hold sacred the right to vote, history informs us that rigging elections has been part of our republic since Elbridge Gerry took a pencil to a map in 1812 and scribbled lines creating a new state senate district. Because of its elongated, lizard-like shape and the fact that it encircled voters friendly to […] The post Democracy Watch: NC Republicans are following Trump’s gerrymandering directive. Will it help or hurt them in the midterms? appeared first on Asheville Watchdog.| Asheville Watchdog