KMOV4: “City voters to decide whether to strip board of aldermen of redistricting powers”

“Voters within the St. Louis City will decide on Tuesday whether redistricting powers should remain with the Board of Aldermen, or if a citizen board should take on the task.

‘These are common sense, fundamental reforms on how government should work in the City of St. Louis,’ Wally Siewert, a professor of political ethics, said. ‘It should be accountable to the people, the people should draw the districts from which the Board of Aldermen are elected.’

‘It’s about transparency and accountability,’ Ruth Ehresman, of Women’s Voices Raised for Social Justice, a supporter of Prop R, said. ‘It’s about who’s voices are heard, shifting power to the best interests of citizens over those of alderpersons and other special interests.’

The League of Women’s Voters, St. Louis Association of Community Organizations and Show Me Integrity have publicly endorsed Proposition R.”

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