POLITICAL HEAVIES, FROM BOTH BIG PARTIES, ENDORSE REDISTRICTING REFORM

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POLITICAL HEAVIES, FROM BOTH BIG PARTIES, ENDORSE REDISTRICTING REFORM
State House News Service
10/03/2005

A bipartisan band of political heavyweights gathered on the steps of the capitol Monday morning to throw their support behind a plan that would strip the Legislature of its constitutional power to redraw district lines.

The group, including Democratic gubernatorial candidate Deval Patrick, current Republican Party Executive Director Tim O'Brien, and former Gov. Michael Dukakis, endorsed a ballot proposal they say would put an end to political gerrymandering and make the process of redrawing 160 House districts and 40 Senate districts more open and fair.

"In a healthy democracy, the voters choose representatives," Patrick said. "In the system we have, the representatives choose the voters. That's upside down. This proposal puts us right side up again." more. . .

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1. gerrymandering and Campaign financing are the two biggest corrupter.