OBAMA/VOTING: “Organizing for Action, the progressive group born out of Barack Obama’s old campaign apparatus, is joining the redistricting effort that Obama has made a central cause of his post-presidency.
On Monday, OFA will officially launch a partnership with the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, chaired by former Attorney General Eric Holder.
OFA officially runs independently from Obama, but for this announcement, the former president is making it himself…
The conversations have been underway for several months, but the announcement comes as Obama is slated to appear at an OFA event in Chicago on Nov. 8, the anniversary of last year’s election, that will bring him together for a conversation with organizers and big donors for the group.
The NDRC has spent the past year fundraising and putting the pieces together in preparation for what it’s hoping will be a very active presence in the courts and on the campaign trail in 2018 and beyond — with some action in Virginia and New Jersey races this year — with the goal of changing the redistricting process to reverse the existing Republican tilt of maps in many states.
The results could significantly reshape the makeup of the House, as well as state legislatures.”
-Edward-Isaac Dovere, “Obama’s army enlists in redistricting fight,” Politico, Oct. 23, 2017 09:00am