YES on PROP 40

This about redistricting. It is somewhat confusing.

• A YES vote means no change -- keep the redistricting already done by the Citizens Redistricting Commission.
• A NO vote means abandon the work of the Citizens and give the redistricting back to the politicians.

A giant sucking sound is what we will hear if the general electorate votes NO.

The story is that in 2008 voters approved an independent Citizens Redistricting Commission. Then when the work was done . . .

The California Republican Party last year qualified a referendum on the new state Senate districts, hoping to block the use of those districts this year. But the state Supreme Court ruled in January that the new Senate boundaries would apply for this year’s election regardless of the referendumRepublicans in July stopped campaigning for the measure and said they were no longer asking voters to overturn the new Senate districts.

The reason for Prop. 40 may no longer exist, but the measure remains on the ballot. Voters, however, should have no trouble casting a yes vote. The state Supreme Court said new Senate districts fit all constitutional and legal requirements — and in fact, said that the new citizen-drawn map was preferable to any of the alternatives that opponents proposed.

also . . .

League of Women Voters of California Education Fund Website

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