Tag Archives: Citizens Redistricting Commission

Unbreaking America: focusing on popular nonpartisan state ballot initiatives to build momentum for national anti-corruption legislation

By Mark | March 19, 2019

I have issues with the nonpartisan political action group RepresentUs. I don’t like, for instance, that, at their upcoming “Unrig Summit” in Nashville, their speakers are going to include the likes of Tulsi “I’ never met a dictator that I didn’t like” Gabbard, Howard “I want to run as an independent even if it means […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2020, American Anti-Corruption Act, campaign financing, corporatocracy, Donald Trump, Election Day, ethics, For the People Act of 2019, gerrymandering, get the money out of Washington, Hillary Clinton, Howard Schultz, Jennifer Lawrence, Jill Stein, lobbying, Michigan, Mitch McConnell, money in politics, Nina Turner, nonpartisan, populism, Proposition 2, redistricting, RepresentUs, rigged system, threats to Democracy, Tulsi Gabbard, Unbreak America, Unrig Summit, vote the bums out, voter suppression | 47 Comments

How gerrymandering is killing American Democracy, and why we need to fight for transparent, non-partisan redistricting in Michigan

By Mark | January 3, 2013

Every ten years, the Michigan legislature has an opportunity, after assessing the results of the federal census, to redraw congressional districts to reflect shifts in population. The most recent redrawing of lines took place in 2011, and was approved by the Department of Justice in January, 2012, despite concerns that redrawn districts violated the Voting […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2010 census, census, David Wasserman, Department of Justice, disenfranchisement, electoral college, Eric Holder, Gary Peters, gerrymandering, Hansen Clarke, Michigan's 14th Congressional District, Princeton, Proposition 11, Proposition 20, redistricting, right-to-work, Sam Wang, Southwest Detroit, Supreme Court, Voters FIRST Act, Voting Rights Act | 21 Comments

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