Drive Against Gerrymandering Finds New Life in Ballot Initiatives
By Michael Wines at the N.Y. Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/23/us/gerrymandering-states.html?action=click&module=Top Stories&pgtype=Homepage
"SNIP......
In Michigan, a proposed constitutional amendment to end gerrymandering, written and promoted by a nonpartisan group called Voters Not Politicians, will be on the ballot in November, unless blocked by a court challenge that has so far fallen short. So many Michiganders signed petitions to bring the measure to a vote — 110,000 more than state law requires — that the group ended its signature campaign 70 days short of the six months allowed.
In Missouri, another nonpartisan group called Clean Missouri needed 180,000 signatures to get its anti-gerrymander initiative on the ballot; it collected 346,000. Final certification is expected next month.
In Utah, a group called Better Boundariescollected 190,000 signatures, 75,000 more than were required, to place its proposition to end gerrymanders on the November ballot.
And in Colorado, both the Democratic-run state House and the Republican-run Senate voted unanimously in May to place two proposals on the November ballot that would shift the duty to draw state legislative and congressional districts away from lawmakers and into the hands of independent redistricting commissions.
.......SNIP"
= new reply since forum marked as read
