People Powered Change to End Gerrymandering
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A true story of regular citizens coming together to change the rules that politicians used to maintain their political power and WINNING. The story of the 2018 anti-gerrymandering efforts in Michigan is an inspiring story with a simple lesson: Only the people care about fair and honest elections. If you leave it up to the politicians to write the "rules of elections" you get government that represents the interests of the politicians and not the people.
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This short documentary is part of "American Spring", a series of documentary shorts examining the problems and solutions to reestablish our democratic republic the digital age. From nuts and bolts election reforms to reimagining our civic institutions, each 10-minute (or so) short will explore a reform designed to increase public trust or reduce hyper-polarization in a political system plagued public corruption, digital propaganda and deteriorating institutions.