Received this e-mail today from Governor Tom Wolf’s (D. PA) re-election campaign:
Why are Republicans in the general assembly pushing the most extreme anti-abortion bill in the country and trying to strip away workers' rights?
Because too often, they know voters aren’t able to hold them accountable at the ballot box.
For years, politicians have been drawing district lines behind closed doors, marginalizing Democratic voters and robbing them of their voice. And because extreme Republicans know that their own base can't or won't hold them accountable, they've been forcing their agenda on the rest of us.
It's time to fight back. Together.
I've joined with fellow governors, senators, members of Congress, and national advocacy groups to call for an end to gerrymandering -- and I want you to join me. Add your name now.
Pennsylvania should be a leader on this issue. After all, the roots of our American democracy first took hold here.
Instead, Pennsylvania is the third most gerrymandered state in the country -- falling only behind Maryland and Scott Walker's Wisconsin.
We've allowed power-hungry Republicans to twist district borders into bizarre shapes to tighten their grip on their majorities in the general assembly and in Congress. The Seventh Congressional District is just one example, so contorted that it's been widely described as looking like "Goofy kicking Donald Duck."
Pennsylvanians -- and all Americans -- deserve better. But it's going to take a broad coalition and grassroots momentum to fix the Republicans' twisted maps.
Will you join me in changing our democracy for the better by ending gerrymandering? Add your name now:
http://action.WolfForPA.com/End-Gerrymandering
Thanks for your support,
Tom Wolf
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