Opposition forming to ballot measure banning gerrymandering
Forget that the governor’s office, a U.S. Senate seat and every other statewide office are open this election cycle. The 2010 campaign that could have the farthest-reaching implications for Florida is a redistricting ballot initiative that would change the way congressional and legislative districts are drawn. “We’re going to establish some fairness standards so the legislators can’t choose their own voters and we the voters have a chance to really pick our legislators,” Miami lawyer Ellen Freidin, leader of FairDistrictsFlorida.org, said in a Political Connections interview airing today on Bay News 9.