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I am extremely demanding but my representatives are totally ignored when this party holds the house and senate. We can’t keep quietly chanting “be reasonable” f

• thechao 2y ago
  Vote in your State election, and make sure your State representative knows you're voting against gerrymandering and for some sort of citizens'-accountable districting policy. It'd be even better to run in any State-level election that is (otherwise) unopposed. A large number of State-level seats went unopposed in 2024. And, yes, I do know that our current predicament is 30 years in the making, and will take years to fix. I've been working with these groups since 2015, banging the drums, trying to explain to Ds & Rs that our govt(s) (at all levels!) are weak, and easily targeted by foreign & domestic actors due to widespread gerrymandering, high incumbency rates, low primary engagement, and first-past-the-post voting. Our naysayers are — as always — far-right groups interested in autocracy and oligarchy. https://www.statenews.org/government-politics/2024-03-04/arnold-schwarzenegger-headlines-rally-for-ohio-redistricting-ballot-initiative https://www.statenews.org/government-politics/2024-03-04/arn...
• archagon 2y ago
  Representatives can put their physical bodies where the problem is and organize loudly to bring additional bodies along. If the police or military has to break them up, so be it; the media coverage will be iconic. DOGE will find it hard to function effectively if they have to squirm through an angry picket line every day.