Kitsap Aware: Redistricting and the Voting Rights Act

KITSAP AWARE: Forum Series on Justice and Citizenship Presents WHO GETS TO VOTE? REDISTRICTING AND THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT For more information: Marylin Olds, marylin.olds@gmail.com, Kathryn Wilham, editor@aqueductpress.com https://sites.google.com/view/kitsapaware/home

Kitsap County, WA — April 8, 2-4 PM, Suquamish Museum, 6861 NE South Street, Suquamish Join a non-partisan discussion of the process to determine our voting districts and how it affects our voice in the democratic process. Questions for discussion: • How has redistricting changed? • What is gerrymandering and is it constitutional? • How does technology affect your voting rights? • How can you influence the 2021 process in Washington State? • What is the status of the current Washington State Voting Rights Act? Featured Speaker: Alison McCaffree, Executive Director of Politics of the Possible in Action, member of the League of Women Voters Tacoma-Pierce County, First Executive Director of Washington Nonprofits http://www.politicsofthepossible.com/
The Kitsap Aware forum series is open to the public (admission free): 2018 Schedule https://sites.google.com/view/kitsapaware/home Feb. 4: Immigrant Rights: The New Deferred Dream March 4: Hate Groups in Kitsap? Yes, They Are Here! April 8: Who Gets to Vote? Redistricting and the Voting Rights Act May 6: Citizen Lobbyist: Access to Information and How to Use It June 3: Food Sovereignty and Justice: How Our Food System Works, and Doesn’t

Sponsors: North Kitsap Indivisible, Indivisible Kingston, Resisterhood360, Indivisible Bainbridge, Kitsap Progressive Action Network