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State Team Updates & Strategy

by WaterGirl|  August 16, 202110:00 pm| 6 Comments

This post is in: Taking Action to Defend Democracy, We Have Agency

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Our zoom with all 7 states to talk about strategy was on Monday at 8pm.  If you are working on this project and you missed the zoom and want to catch up, please send email and I will send you the link.

In the meantime, here’s the promised post.   Please use it to add the reports from your states and anything else that is useful: thoughts or ideas that came up in the meeting that we don’t want to lose track of, things you have thought of since, etc.

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  1. 1.

    WaterGirl

    August 18, 2021 at 2:57 pm

    I will be adding more information up top, but I wanted to get this up before we all forget the things we wanted to add. :-)

  2. 2.

    sophronia

    August 18, 2021 at 4:18 pm

    Hi,
    I wanted to add links to the articles I was referencing about possible legal action against the voting restrictions in Arizona.
    Democratic National Committee and Arizona Democrats plan to mount legal action to stop state voter purge law
    State, national Democrats warn new Arizona election law is unconstitutional
    Republicans campaign for tighter voter ID rules as civil rights groups sue over new Ariz. election laws

  3. 3.

    Regine Touchon

    August 19, 2021 at 11:03 am

    Some updates in GA:
    https://www.ajc.com/politics/panel-appointed-to-investigate-fulton-election-problems/IBRJTWD4ERAP7HRIFZ7D243JAA/

    https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-voter-registration-cancellations-conclude-with-101k-removed/PDOJYZVHOVFUBFR3TVLTKWDUVA/

  4. 4.

    km

    August 20, 2021 at 1:26 pm

    To add to@sophronia: ‘s info on AZ, today’s “On the Docket” newsletter from Democracy Docket says, re the ballot measure that Republican’s are attempting to get on the 2022 ballot in AZ:

    Republican lawmakers in Arizona are rallying behind a new ballot measure that would impose strict voter ID requirements on early ballots. The measure, which is sponsored by a conservative group called Arizona Free Enterprise Club, takes a failed piece of legislation proposed by Republicans in the state Senate and repackages it as a ballot measure that the group is campaigning to have included on the 2022 Arizona general election ballot. They need over a quarter of a million signatures in favor of the effort by next July in order to place the measure on the ballot. New identification requirements for early ballots would affect most Arizonans. 3 million of the state’s 3.4 million voters cast a ballot early last election. The ballot measure also increases ID requirements for voters casting a ballot in person.

    There’s info on that in @sophronia’s 3rd link – wanted to mention that current actions include the ballot measure as well as the lawsuit.

  5. 5.

    Kathleen

    August 30, 2021 at 5:43 pm

    Last week meetings were held throughout Ohio during which citizens voiced their support for the new fair mapping process and demanded that the Commission’s process for drawing maps be transparent and give citizens the opportunity submit maps and comment on proposed maps. Per Common Cause, here is the result of our efforts:

    Hello Kathleen,

    A HUGE THANK YOU to all of you who attended and testified at the regional hearings of the Ohio Redistricting Commission last week, or submitted written testimony! The hearings were packed across the state, with extra chairs and overflow rooms required. The Toledo hearing was moved to a larger venue — and it was still packed!

    The testimony was powerful! Speaker after speaker made it clear to the mapmakers that we are watching them, and that we expect fair maps that keep communities together. (You can read — and be inspired by — testimony submitted to the Ohio Redistricting Commission HERE.) Ohio media wrote story after story about the hearings. See a list of articles in the PS below.

    We wanted to make sure you got the news: The co-chairs of the Ohio Redistricting Commission have announced their next meeting.
    When: Tuesday, August 31 at 1:00pm
    Where: Room 313 of the Ohio Statehouse, Columbus, Ohio 43215

    The meeting will focus on adopting rules. At the meeting, the Commission will set a schedule for subsequent meetings. You will not have a chance to testify, but you can still attend to show your support for fair maps. FYI, the meeting will be live-streamed on the Ohio Channel and a recording of the meeting will be posted soon after the meeting has concluded.

    The Ohio Redistricting Commission should be presenting proposed maps very soon. Please stay tuned for information about additional hearings where the public will be invited to weigh in on proposed maps.

    Many thanks for all you do,

    Catherine Turcer and the Common Cause Ohio team

     

    PS: Recent Redistricting News

    • Ohio Redistricting Commission to meet Tuesday ahead of deadline for map unveiling, Cleveland.com, August 30, 2021
    • Shame on Absentee Redistricting Leaders, editorial Morning Journal, August 30, 2021
    • ‘Listening tour’ on Redistricting Ends, Maps Next Step: Commission Members Say No Secret Meetings Happening, Ohio Capital Journal, August 30, 2021
    • The Ohio Redistricting Commission Heard from Voters Clamoring for Fair Maps. Now What?, Cincinnati, Enquirer, August 29, 2021
    • Will Dayton Region Gain or Lose as Political Districts Are Redrawn?, Dayton Daily News, August 29, 2021
    • AWOL Leaders of Redistricting Show Disrespect, Youngstown Vindicator, August 29,2021
    • Voters Speak Passionately for Change at Redistricting Hearing in Mansfield, Mansfield News Journal, August 28, 2021
    • Summit, Stark Residents Clamor for Fair Representation at Redistricting Hearing, Akron Beacon Journal, August 27, 2021
    • Ohio Redistricting Commission Holds Public Hearing In Rio Grande, WYSO, August 27, 2021
    • Witnesses Plead for Fair Maps at Toledo Redistricting Hearing,Toledo Blade, August 27,2021
    • Concerns Over Ohio’s New Redistricting Process: Is It Happening As Voters Intended?, Ohio Public Radio, August 27, 2021
    • Cupp Pledges District Shakeup, Lima News, August 27, 2021
    • With Days until First Legal Deadline, Ohio Redistricting Panel Still Negotiating Meeting Schedule, Cleveland.com, August 27, 2021
    • The Ohio Redistricting Commission Holds Public Hearing in Lima, Hometown Stations, August 26, 2021
    • LGBTQ+ Residents in Ohio Look for Fair Representation in Redistricting Maps, Cincinnati CIty Beat, August 26, 2021
    • ‘An Embarrassment’: Calls for Fair Legislative Maps at Zanesville Redistricting Hearing, Zanesville Times-Recorder, August 26, 2021
    • Some Lawmakers Skip Public Hearings on Ohio’s Redistricting, WCMH, August 25, 2021
    • Gerrymandering Decried at Local Redistricting Meeting, Springfield News-Sun, August 24, 2021
    • Witnesses Malign Ohio’s Gerrymandered Maps at Hearing, Associated Press, August 23, 2021
    • Voting-Rights Groups Bash Gov. Mike DeWine for Attending Cincinnati Bengals Practice Intead of Redistricting Hearings, Cleveland.com, August 23, 2021
    • Ohio Redistricting Commission Holds First Hearing in Cleveland a Week Ahead of Deadline for New Maps, News-5 Cleveland, August 23, 2021
  6. 6.

    km

    August 30, 2021 at 8:09 pm

    Arizona’s group that focuses on state stuff (Civic Engagement Beyond Voting – CEBV) is co-sponsoring an event, Rural Arizona Summit, on tactics to “empower rural voices in state and local government…” on Sept 18. Not sure if that is of interest here.

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