Gerrymandering: A Threat to Democracy
Gerrymandering is one of the greatest threats to free and fair elections in America. When politicians manipulate district lines, they strip voters of real choice and protect entrenched power. Both parties have used gerrymandering to their advantage, but this practice undermines democracy itself and cannot be tolerated.
Key Principles
Protect Freedom of Choice: Gerrymandering denies voters the ability to freely choose their representatives by predetermining outcomes. True democracy requires competitive elections where every voice matters.
Reject Bipartisan Abuse: Fighting gerrymandering with more gerrymandering only entrenches a political caste system, where the same politicians hold power for decades.
Legal and Legislative Solutions:
- Support class-action lawsuits to challenge unfair maps and delay implementation through the courts.
- Enact national redistricting standards that ban gerrymandering across all states.
- Consider reforms, such as expanding the Supreme Court, to protect fair representation from judicial obstruction.
Independent and Fair Elections: Restore ballot access for independents and third-party candidates to give voters genuine alternatives beyond the two-party duopoly.
Gerrymandering is not democracy—it’s election rigging. Leaders who advocate for it, whether Democrat or Republican, are complicit in removing your right to choose who represents you. The path forward is clear: end gerrymandering, strengthen ballot access, and restore the power of choice to the people.
Free and fair elections are not negotiable. Gerrymandering must end.
