U.S. Rep. Davids denounces gerrymandering of congressional district boundaries

[TexasTowelie]

TOPEKA — U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids challenged Wednesday the work of politicians motivated by personal and partisan gain to create a gerrymandered map of congressional districts in Kansas that effectively silences the electoral voice of voters in the Kansas City region.

Davids is seeking re-election in the 3rd District anchored by Wyandotte and Johnson counties, but boundaries of all four districts in Kansas could be significantly altered by the Kansas Legislature before voters head to the polls for the August primary and November general elections.

“There are leaders in the Kansas Legislature who have explicitly stated their motivation to gerrymander maps to their party’s political advantage,” she said. “I know people are tired of feeling like billionaires have more of a say than they do in our democracy, tired of having their voices taken away by partisan gerrymandering.”

She said some elected public officials were placing their partisan political goals above the public’s interests, which was “truly insulting to folks that not only want but deserve to have their voices listened to.”

Read more: https://kansasreflector.com/2021/12/01/u-s-rep-davids-denounces-gerrymandering-of-congressional-district-boundaries/

[Budi]

1. Speak it! Rep Sharce Davids. Her district elected her over the others for a reason.

She said some elected public officials were placing their partisan political goals above the public’s interests, which was “truly insulting to folks that not only want but deserve to have their voices listened to.”



It is truly insulting.

[KS Toronado]

2. We really need to get the new voting rights bill passed

Believe it kills gerrymandering

[MuseRider]

3. Wasn't it when Brownback was still

in office we had this problem? How did we wrestle the very partisan new districts drawn by Brownback people away from them and have them drawn up by a non partisan group? Why can we not do this again? I recall the Supreme Court of Kanas had something to do with this. We cannot wait, it has to be done by a certain date I think....sadly I cannot remember all that was done but we ended up with a perfectly drawn map according to how it is supposed to be done.

[KS Toronado]

4. My memory is a little foggy

but it seems like there was a lawsuit about gerrymandering and somehow it was decided that the KS Supreme
Court should draw up the new maps, which they did in under a week to everyone's satisfaction. And here we
go again with repugs up to their old tricks.

[MuseRider]

5. We have to hope

the Dems can do it with such a minority. I just do not remember how we got to that process. I tried looking it up but time has been a major issue lately.