Part of FDGA messaging for “Show Your Work”. These letters will be submitted on 8/28/21
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Context:
“Hundreds of Georgia citizens gave testimony at the eleven public town halls and consistently they said...”
select letter #1 or #2 below and close with the “ask” specified below.
Letter #1
Questioned the necessity of splitting 2/3’s of Georgia’s small cities into multiple districts when they could easily fit into a single district. Feel their community’s electoral influence has been watered down to the point of limited or no representation.
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There are more examples available at FDGA website in the Map Room.
Letter #2
Want maps drawn based upon community input given at the public town hall hearings.
Efforts must be made to draw competitive districts
Not good for democracy when districts are gerrymandered so that only one party has any hope of winning an election
Elections in GA are notoriously uncompetitive because of the high number of uncontested races because potential candidates now that they can’t win in a gerrymandered district
One party holding a majority at almost every level of government including local is not a selection of voters’ preferences but a manipulated outcome
Ask
Ask reader to contact __________(a committee member(s) and/or their legislator and ask:
What’s the timeline? Redistricting committees to publicly release a timeline NOW for the redistricting process through the special session that shows what their process will be and
When will we see the maps? Such timeline include when we can expect to see maps for review in enough time to have meaningful review prior to their adoption.
References attached below:
CHARGE media release kit, provides some good statements for why fair districts matter.
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