FairVote Analyzes Schwarzenegger's Redistricting Plan
As national attention turns to California Governor Arnold
Schwarzenegger's plan to replace the state's partisan gerrymandering
system with an independent redistricting commission, FairVote seeks to
highlight beneficial elements of the plan, as well as ways to improve
upon it. We applaud the governor for highlighting no-choice elections in California and hope to broaden the discussion to include additional considerations -- indeed we need far more action on reforming redistricting in Congress and in states around the nation.
Over time we have consistently backed non-partisan
redistricting criteria, but we believe the process should not end
there, as competitive races and increased representation of women and
communities of color requires more than just a neutral line-drawing
process.