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Control those state houses thanks in large part to gerrymandering. he says they re pushing extremist laws against, this is the key part of his argument, the will of the majority. in a new piece in the new yorker she writes, quote, david pepper is determined to get the democratic political establishment to stop lavishing almost all its money and attention on u.s. house, senate, and gubernatorial races and focus more energy on what he sees as the greater emergency the collapse of representative democracy in one state house after another. mr. pepper s book on this, laboratories of autocracy dive deep into this fight. aisles joining me constitutional law expert at the university of texas law school. great to have you both. david, let me start with you. the piece of fascinating, i d encourage everyone to read it. and you make the case that the ....
Gerrymandering, the dark at of politicians picking their people rather than people picking their politicians, continues unabated in america. yesterday though we saw some rare evidence of nonpartisan redistricting success in michigan and virginia. but in ohio, where voters passed a constitutional amendment to have a nonpartisan process put in place just a few years ago, the state gop rammed through hyper partisan maps that could give them built-in 13-2 advantage. joining me now to discuss it is david pepper, former chairman of the ohio democratic party and author of laboratories of autocracy. so david, thanks for joining us. tell us what happened in this hearing yesterday. which i should note included the son of the current governor ....
Doing. but what do you make of the success of these nonpartisan processes in michigan and virginia yesterday? we don t usually get to talk about the good stuff in that regard. i always said if you took, you know, ten randomly selected citizens, and had them draw a map, it would always be far better than the politicians. in michigan, they proved this is right yesterday. ohio tried a constitutional amendment for an independent commission, it failed 70-30. that s why we went with the changes that ultimately passed. but there is no doubt if you get the politicians out of the room completely, that the average if you pick seven viewers, they would do a better job. they don t have the inherent conflict of interest of people trying to rig their own election. before we go, i want to talk about your book laboratories of autocracies about how state legislatures divide the country. tell us about the state of play and when it comes to election subversion, what you think can be done about th ....
Pick for secretary of state is a former trump lawyer who tried to help him overturn legitimate election results in pennsylvania back in 2020. it all goes to show that the real front lines in the battle for democracy are not here in washington, d.c., but in the states. joining me now, david pepper, former ohio democratic party chair and the author of laboratories of autocracy and ross wilbur. iowa democratic chair. chair wilbur, let me start with you. just how are you and your family in the wake of the threats you ve been getting since speaking your mind? thank you so much for letting me be on the show. we re doing fine. still concerned with the hatred ....
Part of the lgbtq community, all of our diverse communities of color and then they go to the place, you know, where they work or they try to go to the grocery store, try to go to a job interview, you know, they are avenue not going to feel like they re going to have a chance when that is out there. we need people to not be bystanders. we need everyone who is sending the great, tremendous amounts of support, i also need you to downcry this in those public meetings. i need you to get people registered to vote, vote people into office who are not going to embrace people who embrace hate. ross wilburn and david pepper, laboratories of autocracy. thank you both very much for coming to the sunday show. coming up, my all-star panel is ready to sound off on everything from the build back better plan and the disgraceful ....