Friend -- If you take a look at congressional maps in gerrymandered states like Wisconsin or Michigan, you may ask yourself: Did kindergartners draw these district lines?
Unfortunately, children didn't draw those maps -- but voters may have been more fairly represented if they had. It was map manipulators during the last redistricting cycle.
This week, filmmakers of the documentary "Slay The Dragon" joined NPR to explain how grassroots movements in Wisconsin and Michigan fought against the map manipulation of 2011.
"The goal of drawing these districts the way they do is to disenfranchise or diminish the power of one party's voters versus another... It might be kind of whimsical in one sense. But it's devastating in terms of democracy."
-- Barak Goodman,
Director of "Slay The Dragon"
With redistricting mere months away, we have a lot of work to do to make sure map manipulators don't have control over the process in 2021. That's why we've launched and supported advocacy campaigns across the country demanding fair, accessible elections. Can we count on you to support our work?
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District distorters would rather pick their voters than be held accountable. We must put an end to their map manipulation and return our government to the people.
Thanks for fighting alongside us,
-- 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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