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S.E. TN Liberal

(508 posts)
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 09:09 PM Apr 2018

"The political system is rigged. The fight to fix it is now."

"We’re feeling it too. That feeling that our political system is unfair, and our votes don’t count the way they should. The gerrymandering of congressional and legislative districts locks in a Republican majority and locks out the voters. We have a plan to make the system fair and get democracy working again—and we need your help to do it."...

..."During the last redistricting process in 2011, Republicans had trifecta control in 19 states which gave them complete power over the drawing of 213 congressional districts. The NDRC is committed to changing that and making sure Democrats have a seat at the table in the 2021 redistricting process.

This is a critical election year for redistricting because it is the first cycle where the officials elected will serve during the redistricting process in 2021. NDRC is targeting 12 states during the 2018 election cycle, including 9 gubernatorial races, 20 legislative chambers, 2 ballot initiatives, and 2 down-ballot races. There are 7 additional states on our Watch List."...

-NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC REDISTRICTING COMMITTEE

https://democraticredistricting.com

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"The political system is rigged. The fight to fix it is now." (Original Post) S.E. TN Liberal Apr 2018 OP
Fighting gerrymandering super important. US is progressive masked by GMing, tricks, v suppress, coll Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2018 #1
That's good. Every Dem pol needs to make it clear they understand the need to end unfair and ... JoeOtterbein Apr 2018 #2

JoeOtterbein

(7,701 posts)
2. That's good. Every Dem pol needs to make it clear they understand the need to end unfair and ...
Wed Apr 18, 2018, 12:19 AM
Apr 2018

...crooked redistricting by the GOP which is actually vote theft in the easiest way it can be made born-free crooked. As Stalin said, "...it's who counts the vote who counts." We need to make sure it's who votes that counts.

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