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Districting, and subsequently redistricting,  can be a powerful tool in empowering historically disenfranchised populations by guaranteeing elected official must live in - and therefore understand - their community. The ACLU of California Voting Rights teams has been involved in numerous local districting and redistricting efforts as well as in California’s statewide redistricting process.Over the years, we have created supplemental materials to assist organizations and community members in advocating for a fair and inclusive districting and redistricting process.  These materials  are meant to help in both advocacy to government officials and outreach to the community. Please feel free to use whatever materials are applicable to your work and adapt in anyway you see fit.We owe thanks to the following individuals for their contributions to these materials:

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The Sheriff is considering buying a powerful and invasive camera-toting drone and he’s leaving the public in the dark. Drones, especially with powerful cameras, are ripe for abuse and must never be able to fly under the public radar. Before this drone idea moves any further, there must be public meetings to ask and answer the right questions about powerful and invasive drones and whether they should be flying in our skies, peeking through our windows, and taking pictures and video of our families.
The San Diego Sheriff wants to purchase a drone, according to a press report. Before this idea moves any further, there must be a robust public debate to ask and answer the right questions about these potentially invasive devices and whether they should be used by law enforcement in San Diego County. Community members must have a voice in this important issue – governm

The ACLU is investigating U.S. Border Patrol practices in San Diego and Imperial Counties to determine whether to pursue litigation, and if so, on what issues.

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