"Earlier this week I spotlighted the consultants that Virginia’s advisory redistricting commission used to draw Eric Cantor and other Republicans out of their congressional districts. The looniness has now shifted to California.
The new “Citizens” Redistricting Commission in California has announced four finalists for its “Voting Rights Act Counsel,” who will help the commission draw new district lines. This is the commission set up by a 2008 voter-approved referendum that shifted responsibility for redistricting from the state legislature to a 14-member commission. According to the commission’s website, its legal advisory committee plans to make a final recommendation tomorrow. The commission will decide this Friday who the paid counsel will be."
Redistricting in California - By Hans A. von Spakovsky
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