Arnold Schwarzenegger stopped by Denver Saturday to campaign for re-districting measures that voters will see on the ballot November 6. He didn’t hesitate to take advantage of his Hollywood star power.
“Let’s terminate gerrymeandering,” he said to a cheering crowd on the DU campus.
Schwarzenegger already changed the way California maps congressional districts when he was Governor there. Now, he’s pushing for something similar in Colorado.
Amendments Y & Z would essentially change the way congressional and legislative re-districting will happen. It’s something Schwarzenegger says has been done wrong for 200 years.
“They are dividing their districts in a back room,” said Schwarzenegger. “They are both doing it. Democrats and Republicans get together in a smoky back room and that’s where the deals are happening every ten years.”
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