Voters across the country have enacted Independent Redistricting Commissions as a good government reform to take partisan gerrymandering (in which politicians select their own voters to create “safe” districts) out of the redistricting process, hoping that a nonpartisan commission would produce competitive districts so that voting actually matters. It was a good concept, but it hasn’t … Read more
Charlie Fisher, Executive Director of the Arizona Democratic Party, and Liz Luna, Executive Director of the Arizona Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee released the following statement: “Twenty-one years ago Arizona voters passed Proposition 106, creating our Independent Redistricting Commission. We were one of the first states to take the job of drawing political boundaries out of … Read more
The Arizona voters approved a promise made by Prop. 106. The 2000 Prop. 106 promised fair and competitive districts to be drawn by members of the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission (AIRC). There are serious flaws in the construction of the Commission and the appointment process. That will have to be an article for another day. … Read more
The Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission (AIRC) is now in its final decision phase. After issuing its preliminary draft maps, the Commissioners listened to the public via 14 public meetings. Now they must use their collective judgment to decide on final maps, presumably taking into account what they have heard from the public. This is pretty … Read more
The Independent Redistricting Commission is now in its final decision stage. The last of the 68 statewide meetings was held in Tucson on December 4. Tucson had more than 338 attendees with 132 speakers, where a Massive crowd protested a “safe” Republican district in Pima County. This is a more extended version of an Op-Ed … Read more