Author: McKinley Corbley / Source: Good News Network
In a landslide majority, the people of Michigan successfully passed a proposition that will eliminate gerrymandering for future elections – and it is all thanks to one woman’s Facebook post from 2016.
Katie Fahey had been overwhelmed by the amount of negativity on her social media feed following the presidential elections.
Though she was a 27-year-old political amateur, she wanted to try and make a change in the political system – so she took it upon herself to address people’s distrust in their government by tackling gerrymandering.“I’d like to take on gerrymandering in Michigan. If you’re interested in doing this as well, please let me know,” wrote Fahey.
In the hours that followed, the young woman from Caledonia was flooded with messages from interested friends and volunteers across the political spectrum. She created a Facebook group called Voters Not Politicians as a means of rallying her new supporters.
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