California’s Applicant Review Panel meets today to finalize the 120 Citizens Redistricting Commission applicants whom the ARP will invite for interviews. On Monday, ARP identified the 40 “other” (not registered with the Republican party or with the Democratic party) applicants invited for interviews. On Tuesday the ARP identified the 40 Republicans it will interview. The… Continue Reading
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July 19 is Selection Day for the CA Redistricting Commission
Today California’s Applicant Review Panel meets with the goal of identifying the 120 individuals the panel will invite for interviews. Follow the action on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/RoseInstitute or watch the live meeting here. These 120 semi-finalists, consisting of 40 Democrats, 40 Republicans, and 40 voters not registered with either major party, will then be interviewed in… Continue Reading
Rose Fellow Doug Johnson on City Pensions
AÂ May 25th article in the Pasadena Star-News quoted Rose Institute Fellow Douglas Johnson discussing pension plans for public employees in Monrovia. Titled “Group wants to abolish property tax in Monrovia and cut off funding for city employee pensions”, the article quotes Johnson explaining the current pension plan and contrasting it with pension plans in the… Continue Reading
Judge removes Florida’s Amendment 7 from November ballot
In Florida, Judge James Shelfer removed redistricting-related Amendment 7 from the November ballot. Judge Shelfer ruled that the Republican-controlled state legislature’s proposed Amendment 7’s “failure to inform the public [was] clearly and convincingly an attempt to hide the ball†about the measure’s true aims. The legislature put Amendment 7 on the ballot in response to… Continue Reading
San Diego starts its own 2011 Redistricting Commission process
On July 1st, the brief application period for the City of San Diego redistricting commission began. Applications will be accepted until August 2nd. The criteria and selection process are detailed in Section 5.1 of the City Charter, available here. Application forms are available at the website of the City Clerk. San Diego’s City Charter requires that… Continue Reading
North Dakota Takes the First Step Towards Independent Redistricting
A new ballot initiative that creates an independent commission to create state legislative districts was approved to begin collecting signatures today. The proposal, developed by the North Dakota League of Women Voters, would create an eight-member bipartisan commission, with seven members appointed by the chief administrative judges of North Dakota and the chair selected by… Continue Reading
Roster of Remaining Redistricting Applicants
A roster of the current 622 applicants for California’s Citizens Redistricting is posted online here. We will update it live as the Applicant Review Panel (ARP) makes its decisions. Continue Reading
Diversity and the CA Redistricting Commission
On Tuesday, California’s Applicant Review Panel sits down to narrow the pool of remaining applicants. The Panel’s responsibility, under the regulations adopted by the State Auditor, include ensuring the final pool reasonably reflects California’s complex diversity. As stated in Proposition 11, California’s diversity is defined as “including, but not limited to, racial, ethnic, geographic, and… Continue Reading
Colorado Chief Justice Retires–Will It Impact Redistricting in 2011?
Colorado Supreme Court Chief Justice Mary Mullarkey, who according to Colorado’s state constitution was set to appoint four members to the state’s redistricting commission in 2011, announced her retirement on June 4, after 23 years on the Court. At the age of 66, she is the longest-tenured chief justice in Colorado history, as well as the… Continue Reading
Priority Treatment Helped Anti-Redistricting Commission Initiative Qualify
Sponsors of the initiative to modify California’s legislative term limit laws may be wondering what they did to annoy California’s county registrars. Despite filing their petitions with the counties in April, the registrars were unable to complete the signature verification process in time for the measure to qualify for the November 2010 election. Meanwhile elections… Continue Reading