Bummer About Those Redistricting Maps, Dude
January 27 wasn’t a banner day for appellants at the California Supreme Court.
Most media attention was focused on the state Republican Party failing to convince any members of the court to toss out district maps for the 40-member Senate drawn by the California Redistricting Commission prior to a determination of whether the GOP’s referendum to disqualify the commission’s effotrts would qualify for the ballot. Republicans worry the new district lines could give Democrats a two-thirds majority in the upper house.
In its 92-page ruling, the court said it wouldn’t ditch the districts drawn by the commission before it’s [....]
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