Right now, across the country, our two major political parties are gearing up for a once-a-decade war whose winner will control Congress for the next ten years, and possibly more.
There will be battles in every state, and each will be kept carefully hidden from the prying eyes of average voters who only become more disenchanted with their government with each meaningless election. Democrats and Republicans collude to keep these skirmishes private so that they can maintain total control over the ultimate political weapon: the ability to directly determine the outcome of elections. Why bother stuffing ballots when they can just draw districts?
For the first time, Gerrymandering exposes the most effective form of manipulating elections short of outright fraud. After the 2010 Census is finished, will you know where your district went?
Join the Common Cause Michigan Education Fund and Jeff Reichert, Director, for a documentary screening on Thursday, October 7, 2010, 7:45 p.m., at AJ’s Café, 240 W. Nine Mile Rd, Ferndale.
Common Cause serves as an independent voice for change and a watchdog against corruption and abuse of power. Together with sister organization, the Common Cause Education Fund, Common Cause employs a powerful combination of grassroots organizing, coalition building, research, policy development, public education, lobbying and litigation to win reform at all levels of government.
Jeff Reichert recently served as Senior Vice President of Magnolia Pictures where he developed release campaigns for some of the most theatrically successful documentaries in recent years including the Academy Award-nominees Capturing the Friedmans, Enron: the Smartest Guys in the Room, Jesus Camp and No End in Sight, and the Academy Award-winning Man on Wire, among many other fiction and non-fiction features. He is
the co-founder and editor of the popular online film journal Reverse Shot.
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