Woman's 2016 Facebook Post Leads to Michigan's Successful Strike Down of Gerrymandering
Despite being a political amateur, this woman's Facebook post led to a successful statewide campaign to strike down gerrymandering.
An important political revolution is quietly unfolding in California. Two recent voting reforms promise to profoundly alter the election landscape -- for the better. One changed the way legislative and congressional districts are drawn, removing the function from the grasp of politicians, and the other is the new top-two primary.
An important political revolution is quietly unfolding in California. Citizens passed a voting reform measure on gerrymandering that promises to profoundly alter the election landscape — for the better.
Proposition 20 changes the way legislative and congressional districts are drawn, removing the function from the grasp of politicians whose gerrymandering creates safe districts for the one party in power.
The new law, backed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, relies instead on an independent citizens commission).
(READ an updated story in the LA Times)
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