Showing posts with label Gerrymandering. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gerrymandering. Show all posts

Friday, October 5, 2018

State Ballot Initiatives Challenge Gerrymandering and Voter Suppression

https://truthout.org/articles/state-ballot-initiatives-challenge-gerrymandering-and-voter-suppression/
"Across the country, voters are considering more than two dozen ballot initiatives aimed at expanding ballot access and voting rights, as well rooting out political corruption, according to civil rights advocates and nonpartisan good government groups who held a briefing with reporters on Tuesday. Call it “draining the swamp” if you like, but these efforts are driven by activists and everyday citizens who pounded the pavement collecting signatures, not by loudmouth politicians in Washington, DC."

Monday, January 21, 2013

Virginia Senate Sneaks Through Gerrymandering Bill While Country Watches Inauguration

Virginia Senate Sneaks Through Gerrymandering Bill While Country Watches Inauguration: While the eyes of the nation were turned toward President Barack Obama’s second inauguration on Monday, the Virginia State Senate managed to hurriedly pass a bill that would redistrict the state’s senate seats. The vote, 20-19, would have been a tie had Democratic Senator Henry Marsh been present. Marsh, a civil rights leader, was in [...]/p