Help Wanted: Fight Gerrymandering, Sign Up for Georgia Gerrymandering Tour

On behalf of: Common Cause Georgia

Gerrymandering - a political party drawing electoral districts to benefit itself, at the expense of minorities and others whose votes are diluted - is an unfortunate, very real practice in Georgia. Georgia has some of the most gerrymandered districts in all 50 states, resulting in very few truly competitive elections at the federal and state levels.

On Saturday, Sept. 16, Common Cause Georgia — an organization that seeks to hold government open, honest, and accountable — will begin a two-month tour around the state focused on the issue of gerrymandering. The tour will offer a brief history of gerrymandering in Georgia, a discussion of current problems with our redistricting process, and a training session for citizens interested in pushing local redistricting reforms.

The Georgia Gerrymandering Tour: Redistricting in GA 101 will be visiting the following cities. We invite all to come.

For more information, visit http://bit.ly/2xcbSqK and our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/GeorgiaGerrymanderingTour.

BRUNSWICK

• 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16
• Unitarian Universalists of Coastal Georgia
• 1710 Gloucester St,
• Brunswick, GA 31520
• http://bit.ly/2wpgkSU

MACON

• 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 19,
• Wesleyan College (Taylor Hall)
• 4760 Forsyth Road,
• Macon GA 31210
• http://bit.ly/2vDgNNk

AUGUSTA

• 6:30-8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 22,
• Evans Government Center Auditorium
• 630 Ronald Reagan Drive,
• Building A
• Evans, GA 30809
• http://bit.ly/2etcXUy

COLUMBUS

• 4-6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 1
• Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
• 8827 Heiferhorn Way,
• Columbus, GA 31904
• http://bit.ly/2uQ6Twj

ATHENS 

• 5:30-7:30 p..m. Tuesday, Oct. 3
• Athens-Clarke County Library
• 2025 Baxter St,
• Athens, GA 30606
• http://bit.ly/2w5esg1

MABLETON

• 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 14
• Graphic Communications Conference/Teamsters #527-S
• 715 Veterans Memorial Highway SE
• Box 641
• Mableton, GA 30126
• http://bit.ly/2vD5DrS

JASPER

• 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 26
• Chattahoochee Technical College
• Cherokee Hall
• 100 Campus Dr.
• Jasper, GA 30143
• http://bit.ly/2xc7vJf