Creigh Deeds will be Dem candidate for Governor of Virginia, so I was looking him up and found this, its something important to me, if he becomes elected can we please push him to fulfill his election promise?
"He also vowed to use his executive power to push non-partisan redistricting, if elected Governor. Sen. Deeds is hoping to eliminate the time honored political tradition of Gerrymandering(haha time honored?)
"Government ultimately belongs to the people, not elected officials," said Senator Deeds. "Yet, our broken redistricting process allows for legislators to protect their own interests by drawing districts that protect incumbents and political majorities. When I’m Governor, Virginia voters will be the ones to choose their elected officials instead of allowing legislators to choose their voters." (powerful words let's hold him to it)http://nbc12.wordpress.com/2009/02/17/deeds-presents-redistricting-plan Highlights of Creigh's Victory Speechhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9SLiSRNWwE
Reading some about Gerrymandering, its VERY importanthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrymandering
I am not telling you how to vote i am telling you that if this is important to him, it also happens to be something very important to me and I would love to see Gerrymandering GONE.
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