"Redistricting Already Hot, Six Years Early"

Roll Call offers this report (paid subscription required), which begins: "Six years before the next Congressional reapportionment, political officeholders and strategists across the country are already working the redistricting issue with more urgency than ever. A new Republican-drawn Congressional map is likely to become law in Georgia soon, while redistricting reform proposals are being unveiled in several other states, most recently in Ohio. In the meantime, supporters of California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s (R) proposal to redraw the state’s Congressional and legislative district boundaries before the 2006 elections are racing the clock to place their measure on the November 2005 ballot. "

Posted by Rick Hasen at April 25, 2005 07:18 AM