密歇根新闻广播 草根运动打算在2018年投票中重新划分选区

If you ask a roomful of voters if they think gerrymandering is an issue, it's a fair bet most of the people would raise their hands, regardless whether they were a Republican, Democrat¹, or independent.

There are several groups in the state looking at the issue for the 2020 the ballot². The group Voters Not Politicians is not waiting that long. It wants to put something on the ballot in 2018.

Katie Fahey from Voters Not Politicians said redistricting should be in the hands of the people.

"Votes should be counted based on what you want and who you want to elect, and not what political party you're associated with, or that other people think you're associated with," Fahey said.

There is currently a lawsuit³ in Wisconsin that's challenging gerrymandering in that state and working its way to the U.S. Supreme⁴ Court. So why not wait for that ruling? 

"Even if [that case does] prove that our lines have been drawn⁵ unconstitutionally, the courts don't actually provide a solution for how maps... or how districts should be drawn," Fahey said. "And that process will go back to the politicians, who currently have something to gain from the system by designing it in a way that will benefit them. And we would rather see a solution come from citizens and from what the people of Michigan want instead of it having it go back to the people who are currently manipulating the system."

1 democrat   

n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员

参考例句：

• The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
• About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。

2 ballot   

n.（不记名）投票，投票总数，投票权；vi.投票

参考例句：

• The members have demanded a ballot.会员们要求投票表决。
• The union said they will ballot members on whether to strike.工会称他们将要求会员投票表决是否罢工。

3 lawsuit   

n.诉讼，控诉

参考例句：

• They threatened him with a lawsuit.他们以诉讼威逼他。
• He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。

4 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

5 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。