Our right-leaning groups suck at getting information out to voters.
Amendment 3 stops gerrymandering favoring Democrats. Vote YES on it.
Two years ago a lot of outside lefty money was spent to get an amendment passed called "Clean Missouri". It was deceptively worded. It seemed to be mainly about lowering campaign contributions from lobbyists -- that is popular with voters and that is why is passed. But it ALSO mandated a new way to draw the state's legislative district map.
Now because of Clean MO the State Auditor get's to appoint a "non-partisan" demographer to draw the lines. Prior to 2018 a bi-partisan commission appointed by the gov. drew up the map (with input from judges following the inevitable court challenges). Why does the state Auditor appoint the "non-partisan" demographer? Because that is the one state-level position held by a Democrat in MO. Of course, the demographer is going to be left wing and will draw the lines in some ridiculous way to make Democrats more competitive statewide. The same thing has happened in Maryland, California, and Pennsylvania in recent years.
Amendment 3 brings us back to the old way of drawing the map. By the way, our current map was drawn by a Democrat-appointed bi-partisan commission, and approved by democrat judges. It also happens to make sense.
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Amendment 3 stops gerrymandering favoring Democrats. Vote YES on it.
Two years ago a lot of outside lefty money was spent to get an amendment passed called "Clean Missouri". It was deceptively worded. It seemed to be mainly about lowering campaign contributions from lobbyists -- that is popular with voters and that is why is passed. But it ALSO mandated a new way to draw the state's legislative district map.
Now because of Clean MO the State Auditor get's to appoint a "non-partisan" demographer to draw the lines. Prior to 2018 a bi-partisan commission appointed by the gov. drew up the map (with input from judges following the inevitable court challenges). Why does the state Auditor appoint the "non-partisan" demographer? Because that is the one state-level position held by a Democrat in MO. Of course, the demographer is going to be left wing and will draw the lines in some ridiculous way to make Democrats more competitive statewide. The same thing has happened in Maryland, California, and Pennsylvania in recent years.
Amendment 3 brings us back to the old way of drawing the map. By the way, our current map was drawn by a Democrat-appointed bi-partisan commission, and approved by democrat judges. It also happens to make sense.