Fair Districts Action Alert

Time Range For Action Alert:

February 1, 2018 to February 7, 2018

Fair Districts

Ohio Republicans released the broad outlines of their proposal. Unfortunately, it will NOT endgerrymandering in our Congressional districts. Read the cleveland.com report of their proposalhere. Compare District Reform Plans

Contact the Working Group members, as well as your state representative and senator. Tellthem:

Voters want real reform. The proposal must ensure bipartisan map-making and prevent politicians from choosing their voters. Communities should be kept together.

Large counties deserve protection just as much as small counties.

We need a more public process. This is important, and they are trying to rush something through! The public needs to see this proposal in writing so that experts and the public can weigh in on this important change to the Ohio Constitution.

Working Group Members: Kirk Schuring (Repr, R-Canton) 77 High Street 14th Floor, Columbus OH 43215 (614) 752-2438 Jack Cera (Repr, D-Bellaire) 77 High Street 10th Floor, Columbus OH 43215 (614) 466-3735 Matt Huffman( Sen, R-Lima) 1 Capitol Square 1st Floor, Columbus OH 43215 (614) 466-7584 Vernon Sykes (Sen, D-Akron) 1 Capitol Square Ground Floor, Columbus OH 43215 (614)

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The League of Women Voters was born from such a struggle. The 19th Amendment was finally included in the US Constitution on August 26, 1920

On February 14,1920, the League was formed on the premise that a nonpartisan civic organization could provide the education and experience the public needed to assure the success of democracy. Founder Carrie Chapman Catt exclaimed that the League was formed to “finish the fight” to win national woman suffrage. Yet within the struggle for the right to vote, we left some of our sisters behind when the 75-year fight for votes for women didn’t include securing these rights for women of color. And that struggle continued for decades until the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

And now today, across the states, barriers to voting are being erected to disenfranchise communities of color, people of low-income, students, and people with disabilities. All eligible voters should be able to cast a ballot confidently, proudly, and without additional requirements that prevent them from voting. It is clear that the “fight” remains unfinished. From this vantage point, looking back while planning ahead, we’re committed to remembering and commemorating the accomplishments of all those who fought for our right to vote while advocating for voting reforms and defending democracy. And that the work of the League is needed as much now as it was at its founding.

League of Women Voters ^®
of Lorain County

Empowering Voters. Defending Democracy.

Fair Districts Action Alert

Fair Districts Action Alert

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Fair Districts Action Alert

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League of Women Voters ^® of Lorain County