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2010 House Bill 5908: Establish non-partisan redistricting process
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- Introduced by Rep. John Walsh (R) on March 2, 2010, to require the nonpartisan Legislative Service Bureau to create a redistricting plan for the state House, Senate and Congressional districts after the 2010 census that involves no political or partisan considerations. The bill establishes a process by which the legislature could vote to reject the plan, citing specific reasons. On the third rejection the legislature could vote on specific amendments to the plan.
- Referred to the House Judiciary Committee on March 2, 2010.
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1) Re: 2010 House Bill 5908 (Establish non-partisan redistricting process ) by TimOBrien on March 25, 2010This is the single, most important institutional reform proposal since term limits attacked the symptoms instead of the disease. Multiple rounds of gerrymandering by both parties have made nearly all districts uncompetitive for both. As a result, the overwhelming majority of legislative seats are de facto contested in primary rather than general elections -- that are inherently dominated by their respective parties' most polarizing, demogogic candidates nominated by the most fanatical, partisan fringe of the electorate. We need this legislation!
Introduced in the House on March 2, 2010
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