Attorney Paul Weich has been very engaged in promoting Democracy and fair elections for the last several years. An attorney, civic activist, and writer (he is the writer “Arizona Politics” on Blog for Arizona,) Mr. Weich has been very involved in educating the community on the current process of redistricting state legislative and US congressional … Read more
I’m quite dissatisfied with the current state of political discourse in the United States. Too many sound-bites. Too little real conversation. Too much empty rhetoric and culture-war nonsense. Too little reflection on the real issues and challenges we face as a self-governing society. I think these are pretty common sentiments these days. Luckily, I’m in … Read more
The Draft Maps approved by the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC) include boundaries for new congressional and legislative districts that disadvantage all voters in the Yuma and Yuma County area – regardless of their political party. Public input is required to convince the IRC to change them. The IRC is in the process of redrawing … Read more
Arizona Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Kari Lake is the antithesis of what a good public servant should be. She is obtuse (except to her devoted base who ingest her venom with pleasure,) divorced from reality, and associates herself with individuals clearly on the extreme right-wing fringe of the political spectrum. As AZ Blue Meanie and other … Read more
The US Constitution requires each state to redraw the boundaries of congressional districts every ten years based on the results of the most recent national census. Like other states, Arizona takes this opportunity to redraw the boundaries of its state legislative districts as well. For decades, the partisan legislatures used this authority to draw so-called … Read more