Wake County Governing Board Changes Voting Districts

The North Carolina state legislature changed the way the Wake County Governing Board is elected. On the surface it seems like a good idea but drill down and it turns into a partisan issue. The county has 12 municipalities but nine do not have representation on the board. That is because of the at large voting districts. Raleigh and Cary account for about 60% of the population in the county and are overwhelmingly Democrat. The board is not "geographic diverse" so to speak as as seven of the members live in the same general area. The idea is get representation from all the municipalities which is good except the general assembly is using its new voting districts which is now being fought in the courts as being too "gerrymandered" but that's another issue. When you have all the power wielded by one area or by one party things tend to go wrong. In this case the smaller districts get lost in the shuffle. The board better get used to the idea because nothing can be changed until at least 2020.