Stopping gerrymandering is good, but it's not nearly as fundamental as better and national ballot initiatives. As Bill Moyers says, "reformers in Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and South Dakota are already considering ballot initiatives [to end gerrymandering] to follow in the footsteps of Arizona, California and Florida." http://billmoyers.com/2015/07/13/citizen-led-state-gerrymandering-reforms-start-to-show-results/
Ballot initiatives are the origin of everything from women's suffrage to minimum wages to sunshine laws to renewable energy mandates to medical and legal marijuana. http://evanravitz.com/vote/initiatives
We need initiatives in the 26 states lacking them, national ones to either pressure or go around Congress, online petitioning so it's not just for the rich, and Oregon's new citizen initiative review: http://healthydemocracy.org
Stopping gerrymandering is good, but it's not nearly as fundamental as better and national ballot initiatives. As Bill Moyers says, "reformers in Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and South Dakota are already considering ballot initiatives [to end gerrymandering] to follow in the footsteps of Arizona, California and Florida." http://billmoyers.com/2015/07/13/citizen-led-state-gerrymandering-reforms-start-to-show-results/
Ballot initiatives are the origin of everything from women's suffrage to minimum wages to sunshine laws to renewable energy mandates to medical and legal marijuana. http://evanravitz.com/vote/initiatives
We need initiatives in the 26 states lacking them, national ones to either pressure or go around Congress, online petitioning so it's not just for the rich, and Oregon's new citizen initiative review: http://healthydemocracy.org