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11. More states need to fight back as we have in Michigan. In 2018, fed-up citizens tired of GQP

Sat Feb 13, 2021, 08:25 PM

Feb 2021

gerrymandering successfully circulated petitions to get Prop 2 on the ballot, which passed by about a 2/3 majority of us Michiganders. It takes redistricting out of the hands of the legislature and tasks the Independent Redistricting Commission, comprised of 13 members--four Democrats, four GQP, and five unaffiliated citizens. We also passed Proposition 3 (again by about 2/3) that enshrines voting rights into the Michigan State Constitution. Needless to say, the MIGQP was not happy, lol.

We have to take our democracy back now that we know without any doubt whatsoever that the GQP will try to keep its grip on power by any means necessary.
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Michigan redistricting commission could be model for other states, SOS says

Posted Jan 16, 2020
By Emily Lawler

The citizen-led redistricting commission Michigan is currently working to form could serve as a model for other states, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said Wednesday.

The new process means Michigan gets the opportunity to draw its districts in a new way, but “it’s also an opportunity for us to show the rest of the country that this is possible, that when citizens are given the pen and the paper and the technology and the power to draw districts, they take it, they embrace it, and they do it well and that fair and competitive districts are the result,” Benson said.

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https://www.mlive.com/news/2020/01/michigan-redistricting-commission-could-be-model-for-other-states-sos-says.html

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Many of the Repukes are not worried about losing re-election [View all] edhopper Feb 2021 OP

Voter suppression, gerrymandering, outright cheating. Irish_Dem Feb 2021 #1

For The People Act (HR1/SR1) - call reps and senators - DEMAND they CousinIT Feb 2021 #15

For some, it's not even that complicated. TwilightZone Feb 2021 #2

For that matter, for many of them Mr.Bill Feb 2021 #3

That's true of the House members DeminPennswoods Feb 2021 #4

Not true (nt) Mattgoetznolovefromm Feb 2021 #5

Gerrymandering affects House seats, not Senators DeminPennswoods Feb 2021 #7

But a number of states are R locks. Ace Rothstein Feb 2021 #9

Voter suppression does edhopper Feb 2021 #21

It is edhopper Feb 2021 #6

Which Is Why I've Given Up On America sfstaxprep Feb 2021 #8

Where are you going? edhopper Feb 2021 #10

Thinking About Denmark sfstaxprep Feb 2021 #12

Amsterdam or Brussels edhopper Feb 2021 #17

Definitely Not Belgium sfstaxprep Feb 2021 #18

Well edhopper Feb 2021 #19

There are plenty of places in the US to live that aren't red TwilightZone Feb 2021 #13

It's The Country That I Despise sfstaxprep Feb 2021 #14

It's not the entire country. It's a subset of the country and the people who represent them. TwilightZone Feb 2021 #16

More states need to fight back as we have in Michigan. In 2018, fed-up citizens tired of GQP catbyte Feb 2021 #11

Iowa, Missouri, Oklahoma? maxsolomon Feb 2021 #20