I failed to link to Jon Fleischman’s FlashReport post yesterday on Governor Schwarzenegger’s support of the Voters FIRST redistricting reform initiative: Continue Reading
Category Archives: Redistricting
Real Facts About Redistricting Reform
There are a number of difficult decisions that face every redistricting reform author, and the current effort by the Governor, Common Cause, the League of Women Voters, and AARP is no exception. Clearly, decisions such as excluding Congress are controversial, as are questions about the application and screening process, and such questions should be raised… Continue Reading
Governor Schwarzenegger Supports Redistricting Reform: What Will the Parties Say?
The governor’s announcement clearly is a major coup for the Common Cause / AARP effort, especially coming with the announcement of the League of Women Voters endorsement. This is significant progress, especially since one assumes the Governor’s role as campaign chairman also brings plenty of campaign funds. The next question is what position the parties… Continue Reading
Redistricting Reform & Schwarzenegger – AM Roundup UPDATED
Bill Bradley provides video of yesterday’s press conference: Read Bradley’s post as well: Continue Reading
Governor Schwarzenegger Supports Voters FIRST Redistricting Reform
Steven Maviglio (the guy is fast) had the first online mention, a pre-emptive strike, at California Majority Report this morning: Schwarzenegger has endorsed every variety of redistricting to come down the pike. Nevermind the details that could likely tilt map-making into the hands of Republicans. Nevermind that there’s no similar system anywhere in the United… Continue Reading
Catch-Up: Recent Redistricting Press UPDATED
A recent Mercury News editorial says: Proponents of Proposition 93 will have to collect some big bucks quickly if they’re going to compete with a suddenly massive campaign to defeat it. Yes on 93 has collected about $4 million, but it spent about two-thirds getting the initiative on the ballot…. No on 93 has collected… Continue Reading
Cavala v. The Press
As more evidence of what I said in the previous post, Bill Cavala (who was also kind enough to leave us a comment) recently said that Sacramento Bee columnist “Dan Walters should have been a writer for PRAVDA” while Maviglio looked on approvingly. This is mostly because Walters thinks that the Democratic leadership “reneged on… Continue Reading
Maviglio v. The Press
The Rose Report’s first comment, received last week, is from Steve Maviglio, deputy chief of staff for Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez and writer over at the California Majority Report, in response to Wednesday’s post. Asking the Rose Institute about redistricting is like asking the Tobacco Institute about smoking. Sure, Steve . . . let’s see… Continue Reading
Not Coming Soon: The Redistricting Amendment
The ThinkSouth blog mentions that a recent New York Times book review of Larry Sabato’s A More Perfect Constitution reveals that Sabato says: The Constitution itself must call for universal nonpartisan redistricting. The states should be given a choice of methods, including redistricting by a panel of retired judges or an independent citizens commission. Of… Continue Reading
Redistricting: Geography, Chance, and Algorithms
A recent letter-to-the-editor in The Appeal-Democrat suggested we just draw district lines according to latitude across the state to create the areas our legislators represent. Many people say such things, not unreasonably, because they are ignorant of the fact that such districts would inevitably be unconstitutional. A more complicated suggestion that in some ways amounts… Continue Reading