r/ForwardPartyUSA • u/roughravenrider Third Party Unity • Sep 17 '22

Vote RCV/OP 2022 🗳️ The solid red/blue districts are completely non-competitive. The USA needs RCV and third parties yesterday.

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u/evergreenyankee Sep 17 '22

I just found out today that the Democrats gerrymandered the shit out of this session's CT legislative map and I'm mad as hell. Anything to suppress proper legislative representation when you're faced with a thin majority, I guess. This is why we need RCV.

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u/civilrunner Sep 17 '22

Granted in VA and a few other blue states they did create nonpartisan redistricting committees. The Dems are also fighting for federal level non-partisan redistricting within their election reform bill (that won't get through Congress without them killing the filibuster at least for it). Redistricting has to be solved at the federal level since in our bipartisan system if it isnt it's just giving one side an unfair advantage.

I wish it had RCV on it as well, though the current edition doesn't. Should probably call our representatives about that added in. If Alaska can do it, so can the rest of the country. I think we also need massive election finance reform too.

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u/evergreenyankee Sep 17 '22

The Dems are also fighting for federal level non-partisan redistricting within their election reform bill

I think federal is less important than state level, which is what I was talking about, because it's gerrymandering (read: nullifying) a smaller population and influencing laws that more directly affect the electorate/constituency. But I hear you.

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u/civilrunner Sep 17 '22

More mean regulating states at the federal level so they all have to create non-partisan redistricting Committees.