Prop. 77: Voter Empowerment
Should the California Constitution be amended to change the process of redistricting California’s State Senate, State Assembly, Congressional and Board of Equalization districts, transferring the implementation of redistricting from the Legislature to a panel of three retired judges, selected by legislative leaders?
Proposition 77
Redistricting.
Initiative Constitutional Amendment.
State of California — Initiative Constitutional Amendment
A YES vote on this measure means:
Boundaries for political districts would be drawn by retired judges and approved by voters at statewide elections. A redistricting plan would be developed for use following the measure’s approval and then following each future federal census.
SmartVoter.org has all the details.
Prop. 77 is a common sense, bipartisan solution::
(via Secretary of State; Analysis)
Here’s what it’ll do:
- Guarantee fair, competitive elections for California voters.
- Give voters the final say in the process.
- Hold the politicians accountable.
- Reduce the influence of political money.
“California lawmakers are so adept at designing their own districts that of the 153 seatsâ€â€80 Assembly, 20 state Senate, 53 Congressionalâ€â€theoretically up for grabs last November (2004), not a single one switched parties.” — Wall Street Journal, March 11, 2005
Additional voter resources:
Yes on 77: The Voter Empowerment Act
joinarnold.com
Governor Schwarzenegger’s Newsroom:
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Easy Voter Guide
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November 6th, 2005 at 12:03 pm
This sounds like a “feel-good” solution.
“Retired judges chosen by legislature” are incapable of replicating the current by …?
What they needed is some clause requiring various borders to be straight or following terrain separations except for minimum “zigs” to accomodate population equalization.
Without something like that, this is just making a separate group responsible for continuing the “same-old, same-old”.
P.S. do you think the various districts and such that are such safe seats will still vote for the same politician, but vote to change the district borders to allow them to vote for somebody else?
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