Gerrymandering reform gaining grassroots momentum
by Bill White at the morning call
http://www.mcall.com/opinion/white/mc-bw-gerrymandering-20170201-story.html
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Well, there's nothing riding on this except, uh, democracy, government accountability and the ability of people to choose their elected representatives instead of the other way around.
I wrote three columns about this last year, headlined "Gerrymandering is real source of election fraud," "Voters must regain control of election outcomes" and "Pennsylvania gerrymandering is bipartisan." In fact, I've been writing about it since 1994, so it's an issue I've felt strongly about for a long time. Pennsylvania is considered a national model for those who like the idea of protecting incumbent congressmen and state legislators from anything resembling accountability to voters.
But I've never felt so strongly that there's a chance of actually doing something about it until I saw the crowds who turned out in a much smaller venue in Bethlehem last August and then Friday night in Allentown. In both cases, they heard excellent presentations laying out the terrible scope of this problem and how it can be solved. Similar gatherings in Philadelphia and elsewhere also have drawn big crowds.
Bob Warner, spokesman for Pennsylvania Common Cause, told me this week, "The grassroots support never has been stronger."
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