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Post #1171843

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CatBus
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Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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16-Feb-2018, 7:39 PM

Careful Arizona, you might (effectively) lose your independent voting commission:

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/arizona/articles/2018-02-14/legislative-leaders-push-redistricting-commission-changes

As Arizona turns more and more purple, it seems fairly predictable there’d be pressure on the GOP to go the way of Virginia and North Carolina on this, to maintain certain control of the state for another few decades.

How’s it work? Keep the commission, but guarantee gridlock in the commission, then the legislature effectively draws the maps because the commission mysteriously stops performing its stated function, and right in 2020 when Arizona needs it most.

Please vote Hell No on this if you live in AZ. Why overhaul something that seems to be working reasonably well, right before you need to use it?