Activist Jogs Through 3 Michigan Districts to Show Absurdity of Gerrymandering

image
Shawn M GriffithsShawn M Griffiths
Published: 20 Sep, 2018
1 min read

How long does it take to travel through a legislative district in Michigan? Well, if you are in Grand Rapids, you can jog through three on a single street:

https://twitter.com/nowthisnews/status/1042504349920972800

One street. About 8 houses. 3 districts.

"These people's kids go on the same school bus. When they have a crack on their sidewalk, they have to call three different people to try to talk about it, or get awareness built," said Katie Fahey, founder and executive director of Voters Not Politicians.

Voters Not Politicians is behind the campaign for Proposal 2, a ballot proposal that would institute a citizens' redistricting commission to draw electoral lines after every decennial census, rather than legislators.

Check out my full interview with Katie following a Michigan Supreme Court victory here.

"When you look at this, and you look at how the lines are drawn, you can just see that it wasn't drawn for communities or people," Katie says.

"We're hoping on November 6 the people of Michigan will vote to have voters choose their politicians, not the other way around."

IVP Donate

Katie timed in at 46 seconds jogging through three legislative districts. Isn't that absurd?

Photo Source: Voters Not Politicians

You Might Also Like

Proposition 50 voter guide
California Prop 50: Partisan Power Play or Necessary Counterpunch?
November 4 marks a special election for what has become the most controversial ballot measure in California in recent memory: Proposition 50, which would circumvent congressional districts drawn by the state’s independent redistricting commission for a legislative-drawn map....
01 Oct, 2025
-
9 min read
court gavel.
Virtual Discussion: The Fight for Equal Independent Voting Rights Makes it to SCOTUS
Every major voting rights movement in U.S. history – whether successful or not – has intertwined with landmark litigation. This was the case for women’s suffrage. It was the case for civil rights. And it is the case in the ongoing effort to protect the right of all voters to have equal participation in taxpayer-funded elections – something millions of independent voters are denied across the U.S....
29 Sep, 2025
-
2 min read
Supreme Court building
SCOTUS Considers Challenge to Closed Primaries -- Here's Why It Is Such a Big Deal
In a dramatic step forward for litigation challenging closed primaries, the U.S. Supreme Court has indicated they are going to conference to discuss whether to grant a writ of certiorari to Polelle v. Florida Secretary of State; a case challenging Florida's closed primaries that Open Primaries has supported since its inception....
26 Sep, 2025
-
2 min read