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• Pennsylvania Replaces Gerrymandered Map

  By TokyoSand on February 21, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Last year, Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court ruled that the way their congressional districts were drawn in 2011 were an illegal partisan gerrymander and ordered that new maps be drawn in time for the 2018 midterm elections. After a lot of legal… Read More ›

• How Disinformation Affects Elections

  By TokyoSand on February 17, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Yesterday, Special Counsel Robert Mueller indicted 13 Russians and 3 organizations for interfering with the U.S. political system by using “information warfare” to sow discord in numerous ways. The Atlantic has a good explanation of what the indictment means here, and… Read More ›

• 5 Reasons to Attend Town Halls

  By TokyoSand on February 16, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Congress has numerous breaks so elected officials can get back to their districts and spend time with their constituents. During these recesses, they schedule various public events, including town halls. (Well, they are supposed to. Some are better than others… Read More ›

• An Eye on Redistricting: How the NDRC is Approaching Midterms

  By TokyoSand on February 13, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Early in 2017, Former Attorney General Eric Holder created the National Democratic Redistricting Committee (NDRC). The aim of the NDRC was to erase the gains the Republicans had made in state and congressional seats through gerrymandering. A few days ago,… Read More ›

• BlueWave Interview: Pam Rickel on being a precinct chair in Texas

  By TokyoSand on February 9, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

    This week our BlueWave Interview is with Pam Rickel in Texas. Want to know how fired up Democrats in Texas are? Pam, for one, has taken “getting involved” to a whole new level! Here is our interview. TS: Let’s… Read More ›

• Midterm Election News Roundup

  By TokyoSand on February 9, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  There was quite a lot of midterm election related news these last few days. Here’s a recap of some of the bigger stories plus a note about what it all means. Democrats expand the midterm battlefield: To take control of… Read More ›

• Results: 2/6 Missouri Special Elections

  By TokyoSand on February 6, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Missouri held four special elections for vacant seats tonight. The Democrats flipped one of the seats and saw a huge shift in their direction in all of the districts. Here are the details: Missouri House District 97 – FLIPS to… Read More ›

• Let’s Talk About Gerrymandering

  By TokyoSand on February 6, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Gerrymandering is the practice of manipulating the boundaries of an electoral district so as to favor one party. It has been in the news a lot recently due to some high-profile court cases and you’ve no doubt seen some maps… Read More ›

• Ridding Your State of Crosscheck

  By TokyoSand on February 6, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  The Interstate Crosscheck System, known as Crosscheck, is a program some states have been using to “clean up” their rolls of registered voters. The problem is, Crosscheck has proven to be wildly inaccurate and so voters who should still be… Read More ›

• BlueWave Interview: Laurel Davila on neighborhood organizing

  By TokyoSand on February 1, 2018 • ( 4 )

  

    This week our #BlueWaveInterview is with Laurel Davila in Southern California. You can find her on Twitter at @laureldavilacpa. Since the last election, Laurel has become a local powerhouse and we had a great conversation about grassroots organizing and… Read More ›