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URL:https://coolcleveland.com/events/learn-how-voting-districts-are-create
 d-and-have-some-cookies-at-north-royalton-forum/
SUMMARY:Learn How Voting Districts Are Created and Have Some Cookies at Nor
 th Royalton Forum
DESCRIPTION:\n\nSun 11/23 @ 12:30-2PM\n\n\nSomething every Ohioan who has a
 ny gripe about the way the state is governed should be paying attention to
  is gerrymandering: the dark art of carving out congressional and state le
 gislative districts to benefit the party in power to keep them in power. C
 arried to extremes\, as it has been in Ohio\, it’s the end of democracy.
  One party wields so much power that the voices of citizens no longer coun
 t.\n\n\n\nThat’s why a program such as “Map Craft: The Art of Gerryman
 dering\,” taking place at the SouthWest Unitarian Church in North Royalt
 on\, are so essential. Co-hosted by the church and Ohio Ballot Protection\
 , a grassroots group dedicated to working for fair representation in Ohio\
 , the program will explain how districts are drawn and how they work to as
 sure that the party in control stays in control and that politicians are g
 uaranteed election in lopsided districts. There will also be interactive g
 ames to show how the maps influence what happens in Ohio and why popular p
 olicies are ignored or overruled while things the voters said they didn’
 t like — such as legislators controlling women’s reproductive choices 
 or underfunding public schools — are still being pushed in the legislatu
 re.\n\n\n\n“We the people have a lot more influence over the future of o
 ur state than we might realize\,” says Ohio Ballot Protection co-chair L
 aura Lucarelli. “Come down and learn what you can do to change the syste
 m.”\n\n\n\nThere will also be free cookies\; register to make sure they 
 bake enough. Email OhioBallotProtection@gmail.com. It’s free and all are
  welcome. Bring the older kids\; they should know about this so they can h
 elp make the system fairer.\n&nbsp\;\n\n\n\n\n\n
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