The West County Democrats hosted Jennifer Slavik Lohman, cofounder of three local organizations; the St. Louis Area Voter Protection Coalition (stlvpc.org), Indivisible St. Louis, and In Every Generation (ineverygeneration.org.) She serves as chair of the Missouri Voter Protection Coalition’s Anti-Disinformation Read More …
Category: Voting Rights
Redistricting By Dummies
Since the end of January a spiteful cadre of Republican state senators, the Conservative Caucus, has delayed consideration of a new Congressional map for Missouri because it didn’t give them what they wanted – a high probability of seven Republican Read More …
Another Learning Experience
The St. Louis County Council Bipartisan Reapportionment Commission, therefore – as had happened with the prior four commissions – could not gain the required nine votes to enact new district lines. The matter now goes to court.
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This week the County announced that applications are open to fill two current vacancies and one expected vacancy on the St. Louis county redistricting commission, known as the St. Louis County Council Bipartisan Reapportionment Commission
Republican Math
I spent a crisp Saturday morning attending the only St. Louis region meeting of the Senate Independent Bipartisan Citizens Commission, the Missouri Office of Administration’s Redistricting Office group charged with setting new state senate district lines. First thing I noticed: Read More …
Creative Writing
I emptied the mailbox at my mom’s today. The one day yield: 27 #10 or #11 envelopes. All but two came from charities, trolling for 1% donations rates spurred by sad stories or return envelope stickers. The other two came Read More …