The California State Auditor has posted a draft Commission application form online. Proposition 11, which created the Redistricting Commission to handle redistricting the state’s Legislative and Board of Equalization districts  in 2011, assigned the application and initial selection process to the State Auditor’s office. The Auditor is encouraging feedback on the form and a public hearing… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Redistricting
Rose Conference: Redistricting, The 2010 Census, and Your Budget
The Rose Institute is pleased to announce our next conference will be held October 15th, 2009. The all-day conference will cover the financial and representational issues involved in the 2010 Census and 2011 Congressional, Legislative, and local redistricting of California. Titled “Redistricting, The 2010 Census, and Your Budget: Changes and Challenges for California Governments,†the conference… Continue Reading
Draft Regulations for CA Redistricting Commission
The California State Auditor posted the draft regulations for the Commission Selection Process here. A public hearing on the regulations is scheduled for September 14th in Sacramento. Among many newsworthy items, the Auditor’s views on “Qualifications of Applicants” are perhaps the most important to the process (and the hardest elements of Proposition 11 to define).… Continue Reading
Easy to read text of CA Prop 11
The California Voter Foundation posted a much-needed, easy-to-read version of Proposition 11 online. As the State moves forward with choosing the independent redistricting commission created by Prop 11, and with the actual redistricting of the state in 2011, this will be a valuable resource. Our thanks to them, with a “why didn’t we think of that?” Continue Reading
Redistricting continues in North Carolina
North Carolina continues its two-decade streak of having lawsuits and late re-redistrictings. After the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Bartlett v. Strickland, the state legislature is nearing the completion of its re-redistricting for the 2010 elections. Continue Reading
Arizona redistricting case ends with Commission victory
The Arizona State Supreme Court ruled unanimously in favor of the state’s Independent Redistricting Commission. The ruling ends the long-running lawsuit over the state’s legislative redistricting. The decision is available for download: az-minority-v-fair-redistricting-opinion. Continue Reading
Former Utah Republican Congressman Endorses Redistricting Reform
Jim Hansen, a former Speaker of the Utah house and Republican Congressman endorsed the idea of changing the method of drawing districts in the state of Utah, according to an article in the Salt Lake Tribune. Hansen came out in support of a citizen initiative being advocated for by Fair Boundaries, a volunteer group. Fair… Continue Reading
Independent Redistricting Commission Bill Fails in Texas
A bill that would have put Congressional redistricting in Texas in the hands of an independent commission rather than the legislature failed in the Texas Senate recently, according to the Austin American-Statesman. While the bill would have only affected Congressional districts and not Texas Senate and House districts, the bill did not make it to… Continue Reading
Illinois Reform Commission Looks at Redistricting Reform
According to the Peoria Journal Star, a commission holding meetings across the state of Illinois on governmental reform is considering advocating for redistricting reform in the state. Illinois has one of the oddest processes of redistricting around. If the legislature is unable to agree on a new redistricting map, the names of a Democratic legislator… Continue Reading
Texas State Senate Moves Towards Independent Redistricting Commission
The State Senate of Texas recently approved a bill that would change redistricting in the state, according to a report in the Dallas Morning News. The bill would put the process in the hands of an independent commission made up of four Democrats and four Republicans with a deadlock breaker potentially appointed by the Chief… Continue Reading