Welcome to the shortest Knock LA Voter Guide ever!
Prop 50: Yes
This November, Angelenos — and all Californians — are faced with a single question: Should California adopt new congressional maps through 2030 to counter Republican gerrymandering elsewhere in the country? We say yes.
While independent, nonpartisan districting is the ideal, we are faced with an uneven playing field and a fascist Trumpist party willing to rewrite any law and flout any rule to consolidate their power. It is our responsibility to use every legal tool at our disposal to break that hold.
The sunset provision of the law will prevent any serious abuse of the redistricting process; besides, if we still need to talk about it past 2028, we’ve got problems that redistricting won’t fix. We also note that an independent process is not necessarily free of abuse, as we saw in the attempts to gerrymander Nithya Raman out of her district.
For a more complete analysis, read Tracee Michelle Porter’s article, California Must Fight Fire with Fire on Redistricting.
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