When it comes to Fighting Gerrymandering, the Nov. 3rd Election, Produced One Big Step Forward and One Solid Step Back, for the Cause of Redistricting Reform.
Voters in increasingly Blue Virginia overwhelmingly Approved a Ballot Measure to Redesign the Legislative Map-Making Process starting Next Year in a Bid to make it less Dominated by Partisan Power Plays.
But at the same time, the Electorate in reliably Red Missouri narrowly decided to go the Other Way, with a Rare Repudiation of a Citizen-Driven effort to Fix Democracy's Challenges endorsed just Two years ago.
The Votes were the Last Public Input ahead of the National Redrawing of Congressional and State Legislative District Lines that happens once a Decade, after the Census.
Results Tuesday suggest Strongly that Republicans will Control the Mapmaking in a Majority of States, as they did for the Decade now Ending.
Measures to Combat Partisan Gerrymandering Failed to get on the Ballot in: Arkansas; Nevada; North Dakota; and Oregon, because of the harsh Difficulties of gathering Petition Signatures during a Pandemic.
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