Um, you realize that THE DEMS were in charge (exec, anyway) during and prior to the 2000 election? You think THE DEMS didn't gerrymander in the extreme during their 30+years in control of congress pre 1994? There are some districts in the deep south that look like corkscrews! Re-districting is something that has gone on for 200 years--and it's not wholly illegal. As for the voting machines, you have yet to make your case.