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The November elections of 2010 brought more propositions regarding redistricting and gerrymandering. Two propositions were on the ballot. Prop 20 would extend Prop 11 to the redrawing of CDs in addition to the state districts encompassed by Prop 11.
Proposition 11 of 2008 (or the Voters FIRST Act) was a law enacted by California voters that placed the power to draw electoral boundaries for State Assembly and State Senate districts in a Citizens Redistricting Commission, as opposed to the State Legislature.
People need to have confidence in government. And one thing that hurts public confidence is gerrymandering.” Agreed. But gerrymandering is still a redistricting tool — just for a different ...
Federalist newspapers' editors and others at the time likened the district shape to a salamander, and the word gerrymander was born out of a portmanteau of that word and Governor Gerry's surname. Partisan gerrymandering, which refers to redistricting that favors one political party, has a long tradition in the United States.
[15] [17] [18] In the previous 10 years, incumbents were so safe that only one Congressional seat changed party control in 255 elections, [15] due to bipartisan gerrymandering after the redistricting following the 2000 census.
Common Cause, in which the majority determined that the federal courts cannot adjudicate partisan gerrymandering, “Election Day . . . is the foundation of democratic governance. And partisan ...
FairVote suggested that independent redistricting would help avoid gerrymandering, but the major reform needed was the replacement of single member districts with multi-member districts. This would make it possible to implement single transferable vote or other proportional representation systems. [11]
Americans’ reckoning with their own democracy extends beyond the looming presidential election to a much more local level.