Sula -- We wanted to share a huge victory out of Michigan in the
movement for fair maps. Last week, a lawsuit backed by an organization
with ties to the National Republican Redistricting Trust (Scott Walker's
pro-gerrymandering group) failed in its attempt to tear down Michigan's
independent redistricting commission -- a reform passed overwhelmingly
by voters in 2018.
A.G. Holder is right -- this is a major victory in our fight to restore
fairness to our elections. But the NRRT and other special interest
groups across the country are going to continue to be a problem. They're
fundraising for more lawsuits to defeat citizen-led reform.
Can you help us fight back against their attacks on our democracy?
Before leading the NRRT, Scott Walker was the governor of Wisconsin
where he did nearly anything to cling to power. He signed into law some
of the most gerrymandered maps and one of the most discriminatory voter
ID laws in the country.
Walker's history of suppressing the vote and protecting ill-begotten
majority power in the gerrymandered state legislature made it all the
more unbelievable when last week he said that stay-at-home orders were
"what happens when people get power-hungry."
No, Scotty. When politicians get power-hungry, they sue citizen-backed
independent redistricting commissions because they want to hold on to
the power to gerrymander.
The bottom line is last week's victory for Michigan's independent
redistricting commission tells us two things: 1.) Advocates for fairness
are incredibly resilient and our reforms are durable against attacks
and 2.) Our opponents are desperate to use gerrymandering.
We need to be prepared for the next attack on fair redistricting. Can you pitch in to make sure we're ready?
Thank you,
The AOTL Team
All On The Line is the grassroots
advocacy campaign supported by the National Redistricting Action Fund.
Support our work to end gerrymandering.
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