I expect this one would be widely popular:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Redistricting Amendment<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Gerrymandering is not allowed for any reason. Redistricting shall be done by non-partisan committees (to which political parties and individuals may make suggestions and file complaints, but shall have no decision-making power).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The non-partisan redistricting committees must be fairly balanced between interested parties. Redistricting plans shall primarily be guided by geographic features: urban, sub-urban, farmland, mountains, coastal areas, rangeland, etc., have reasonably minimized perimeters, and must be approved by a three-member panel of Federal District Court judges drawn randomly from the Judges and Senior Judges in or nearest to the districts involved.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n To a large degree, geography is politics. Agricultural regions tend to lean to the Right, while cities tend to lean to the Left. Using geography as a major guide in the creation of districts allows each of these groups a chance to elect Representatives of their choice. Voters should choose their politicians. Politicians should never choose their voters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Many locations have successfully used non-partisan panels to come up with reasonable redistricting, and there is NO reason for elected politicians to be involved in any way, other than for “both sides” to keep an eye on the panel to make sure it IS non-partisan (or at least, balanced in a partisan way).<\/p>\n\n\n\n -Everett<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I expect this one would be widely popular: The Redistricting Amendment Gerrymandering is not allowed for any reason. Redistricting shall be done by non-partisan committees (to which political parties and individuals may make suggestions and file complaints, but shall have … Continue reading