Here. It concludes: “Lawsuits don’t mean the process has failed. It had some holes, and there is room for improvement. But its mission has been accomplished. The political parties no longer pick their voters.”
Here, via Justin Levitt.
How to sell this one to a more Democratic state? Likely it will focus on the potential for tax increases under a 2/3 Democratic Senate.
The big question, assuming they raise enough money to qualify the referendum, is how they would sell a rejection of the lines to the voters. Don’t be surprised by ads claiming that the lines are not generous enough to… Continue reading
Or Neither. Soon the California Republican Party and MALDEF will need to decide whether and how to challenge the California redistricting plan, expected to be approved soon by the Citizen Redistricting Commission.
“The Democrats knew what they were doing, and Republicans were asleep at the switch.”
–California Republican Party Chairman Shawn Steel, commenting upon California’s Citizens Redistricting Commission.