DECEMBER 27, 2018 THROUGH JANUARY 1, 2019
DEC 31ST-2018/JAN 1, 2019
TIMKEN & MAIER, JR. TO LEAD FIGHT
AGAINST
GERRYMANDERING?
TIMKEN & MAIER, JR. TO LEAD FIGHT
AGAINST
GERRYMANDERING?
Resolved! To work together in 2019 and beyond to promote political competition as healthy for the American democratic republic both in primary elections and general elections in the sense of making government more accountable to Americans, Ohioans and Stark Countians in the context of the county's cities, villages, townships and school districts.
Jane Timken, (a Stark Countians married into the Timken Steel family) chairperson of the Ohio Republican Party
Stark Countians ought to be hoping that the SCPR generated resolution has some reality to it.
Both "organized" political parties try to monopolize (through gerrymandering and other political gamesmanship maneuvers) a hold by their respective political parties on the centers of power in the American government structure.
Dare we wish that Maier, Jr. and Timken would "really, really, really" adopt 7th Congressional District Democratic Candidate Ken Harbaugh's campaign theme of "Country Over Party?
Just last year Timken told a Cleveland City Club audience in response to a question about "gerrymander" reform that she thought elections have consequences.
See this website on the current state of affairs in terms of gerrymandering across America being challenged.
A link to the filing of a lawsuit filed to undo Ohio's gerrymandering: ACLU of Ohio - Complaint: A. Philip Randolph Institute et al. v. Kasich et al. - May 23, 2018
See this website on the current state of affairs in terms of gerrymandering across America being challenged.
A link to the filing of a lawsuit filed to undo Ohio's gerrymandering: ACLU of Ohio - Complaint: A. Philip Randolph Institute et al. v. Kasich et al. - May 23, 2018
This blogger can remember Maier, Jr. a number of years ago getting very much into the priority of Democratic candidates for statewide office winning so that Democrats would control the Ohio's Apportionment Board and how state and federal legislative districts would be drawn.
In recent years (2016 & 2018, respectively), Ohio's voters have voted overwhelmingly to require the end of gerrymandering at both state legislative (71% yes to end; 29% no) and federal legislative (75% yes; 25% no) levels.
Could it be that the likes of Timken and Maier, Jr. are getting the message that self-serving political party interests are not in the interest of fairness in elections (e.g. "one-person, one-vote") and increasingly are being rejected by Americans and Ohioans.
In recent years (2016 & 2018, respectively), Ohio's voters have voted overwhelmingly to require the end of gerrymandering at both state legislative (71% yes to end; 29% no) and federal legislative (75% yes; 25% no) levels.
Could it be that the likes of Timken and Maier, Jr. are getting the message that self-serving political party interests are not in the interest of fairness in elections (e.g. "one-person, one-vote") and increasingly are being rejected by Americans and Ohioans.
Hope springs eternal, no?
If not, let's all trust that the courts of America with their constitutional mandate in mind to implement justice and fairness as the "rule of law" standard of American justice, will put the gerrymandering proponents out of business!
If not, let's all trust that the courts of America with their constitutional mandate in mind to implement justice and fairness as the "rule of law" standard of American justice, will put the gerrymandering proponents out of business!
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