How Republicans are turning US states into labs of anti-democracy - the guardian

The party's brazen efforts to rewire state legislature poses a greater threat than Trump – and will be all the harder to tackle America's federal system of government is, in theory, key to the strength of its democracy. As opposed to citizens in the more centralized states of Europe, Americans get to vote for a huge array of local offices, policies and ballot initiatives that can influence their lives for the better. ....
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/commentisfree/2018/dec/11/republican-anti-democracy-gerrymandering-voting-rights-state-laws