Instead of finding a non-political way to manage redistricting across the nation, the Democratic Party has joined up with a large union in order to place big money into fighting Republicans. An August 17, 2006 AP article breaks the news to dis-heartened citizens who will have no say in the state and national district deliberations:

One of the nation's largest labor unions, joining with other
Democratic-leaning groups, is forming a political committee to raise millions of
dollars for redistricting fights with the GOP. The committee is being
formed by AFSCME along with the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee and
the National Committee for an Effective Congress. It expects to spend
about $17 million over the next five years on redistricting at the state and
federal level, with more than half of that money provided by AFSCME, Scanlon
said Thursday.

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