On April 29, 2021, the League of Women Voters will host events around the country to increase public awareness and engagement around the redistricting process, and make sure the public's voice is heard. In the Maine edition, we'll cover how redistricting works locally, focusing on issues with the Census and prison gerrymandering.
Ginger Jackson-Gleich, who works to end prison gerrymandering with the Prison Policy Initiative, will join the panel as our special guest.
ABOUT OUR GUEST:
Ginger has been involved in criminal justice reform for over 15 years and joined the Prison Policy Iniatiative for an interim period between clerking for Judge Edward Chen in the Northern District of California and Justice Mariano Florentino Cuéllar at the California Supreme Court. Ginger attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a Morehead-Cain scholar, and then Harvard Law School, where she served as an editor of the Harvard Law Review and focused on criminal justice issues. She spent her law school summers at the Criminal Law Reform Project of the ACLU and the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice. After law school, she worked for the Alameda County Public Defender's Office. She does pro bono work representing people seeking compassionate release from federal prison.
Why is Redistricting important?
New district lines can be drawn to intentionally decrease voters' power based solely on their political party. We believe redistricting should be fair and transparent. Our program, People Powered Fair Maps™ advocates for redistricting processes that eliminate partisan and racial gerrymandering nationwide.
Learn more about redistricting in Maine.
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