“Hoop, where’s the stop? Where’s the stop, Hoop? WHERE’S THE STOP?” I jolted out of my sleep to hear Ben yelling these words in the bed above me in our tiny bedroom at the Hillsdale House in Washington, D.C. Before I could ask if he was okay, Ben slammed his hands on the mattress, quickly...
Author: Jacob Hooper (Jacob Hooper)
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Keep the national popular vote interstate compact out of Michigan
Donald Trump lost Michigan in 2016. Even though Trump beat Hillary Clinton by more than 10,000 votes, he didn’t receive Michigan’s 16 electoral votes. At least, that’s what would’ve happened if Michigan had joined the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. In reality, Trump received Michigan’s electoral votes because he won the popular vote in Michigan....
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Michigan ‘redistricting’ is gerrymandering in disguise
When 61% of Michiganders voted in 2018 to form the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission, they expected an end to gerrymandered maps controlling who represented them in Lansing and Washington, D.C. After all, the commission’s mission is to ensure “district lines are drawn fairly in a citizen-led, transparent process, meeting Constitutional mandates.” Yet the commission...