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To: Governor Greg Abbott
End Gerrymandering Petition
End gerrymandering to ensure that all Texans' votes count. Political parties should not control the shape of the electoral map. This is like letting competing football teams fight over the shape of the football field and change the rules to suit their preferences, rather than letting an impartial referee apply the rules that are established as the same for every team.
Why is this important?
Control of government by citizens begins with citizen involvement at the ballot box. Currently, voters do not choose their candidates--candidates choose their voters by gerrymandering to pack the voters they want into their districts and creating illogical and inconvenient districts for their opponents, making it difficult to serve these districts if they win. Gerrymandering also is designed to disenfranchise specific groups by creating districts where their vote is watered down.