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I think accepting the case and establishing precedence that is it not the role of the court to solve this problem is better than letting it fester. California
by dahdum 7y ago
I think accepting the case and establishing precedence that is it not the role of the court to solve this problem is better than letting it fester.
California was gerrymandered to the extreme and it took two ballots directly to the people to move to an independent commission, the last only in 2010. Both were opposed by lawmakers, so it’ll be slow going state by state.
- jjwhitaker 7y agoI think such a commission is good. Any effort that better demonstrates the will of the voters like registration drives, mail-in options, etc is worth considering given other costs are adequate. As far as I've seen the CA commission is working as intended or at least better than before. I'm not for any groups, political or otherwise, getting any greater or lesser representation. It pushed me to want a more parliamentary system sometimes like vote for party or IRV for elections with specific candidates.