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State Supreme Court denies 2 redistricting challenges by Republicans
The California Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously rejected two Republican challenges to the state's new electoral maps, dealing a blow to GOP efforts to halt new district boundaries that could diminish their political clout.
The state's high court rejected two petitions from Republicans challenging the validity of the state Senate and congressional redistricting maps recently adopted by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission. The Supreme Court also rejected their requests for an emergency stay that would have stopped use of the maps in 2012.
The commission had asked the court to reject the two lawsuits, arguing that opponents had failed to provide facts showing the commission's work was unreasonable. The court voted 7-0.
"The Supreme Court has struck a blow against politics as usual by upholding the fair and representative maps created by the Citizens Redistricting Commission," said Commissioner Stan Forbes, a decline-to-state voter from Yolo County who is the current rotating chairman of the commission.
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_19202720?source=rss
The state's high court rejected two petitions from Republicans challenging the validity of the state Senate and congressional redistricting maps recently adopted by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission. The Supreme Court also rejected their requests for an emergency stay that would have stopped use of the maps in 2012.
The commission had asked the court to reject the two lawsuits, arguing that opponents had failed to provide facts showing the commission's work was unreasonable. The court voted 7-0.
"The Supreme Court has struck a blow against politics as usual by upholding the fair and representative maps created by the Citizens Redistricting Commission," said Commissioner Stan Forbes, a decline-to-state voter from Yolo County who is the current rotating chairman of the commission.
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_19202720?source=rss
But, Republicans wouldn't be Republicans if they didn't try to fight their own Prop just because they *didn't get* what they were hoping for. Now they want to challenge the redistricting maps, and backed by millionaires, are hoping to put another initiative on the ballot to overturn the State Senate maps.
They're a bunch of SORE LOSERS.
From the same article:
The California Republican Party is also backing a petition for a ballot referendum seeking to overturn the state Senate maps. The party has spent more than $1 million in recent weeks to try to collect 504,760 valid voter signatures for the referendum by mid-November. They have been helped by donors like George Joseph, owner of Mercury General Insurance Corp., who gave the state GOP party $1 million on Oct. 13, according to state records.
Should the party collect enough signatures to qualify a referendum, the party would be able to trigger a stay and the Senate lines would not be in place for candidates to run in the June primaries.
"We are resolute in gathering the signatures necessary so that voters can weigh in on this matter," California Republican Party Chairman Tom Del Beccaro said in a statement.
West Covina resident Mike Spence, a Republican political consultant said he was disappointed by the decision, but not ready to give up the fight against redistricting.
"I think the difficulty people will have is the more we find out about what went on behind closed doors, the more we'll see how troubling what the Commission did (was)," Spence said. "So I think there's a lot we're going to find out later, that the Supreme Court could've found out had they had real hearings. They made a decision in the case where they didn't even hear the evidence."
Should the party collect enough signatures to qualify a referendum, the party would be able to trigger a stay and the Senate lines would not be in place for candidates to run in the June primaries.
"We are resolute in gathering the signatures necessary so that voters can weigh in on this matter," California Republican Party Chairman Tom Del Beccaro said in a statement.
West Covina resident Mike Spence, a Republican political consultant said he was disappointed by the decision, but not ready to give up the fight against redistricting.
"I think the difficulty people will have is the more we find out about what went on behind closed doors, the more we'll see how troubling what the Commission did (was)," Spence said. "So I think there's a lot we're going to find out later, that the Supreme Court could've found out had they had real hearings. They made a decision in the case where they didn't even hear the evidence."
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The republicans pushed for the formation of this independent commission because they were afraid the legislature would come up with boundaries that favored the Dems.
So the commission gets formed among great fanfare and proposes district boundaries that reflect the changing demographics of the state. And the republicans go apeshit.
By the way, I think the voters have already spoken on this matter. Wasn't the commission created by way of a referendum that was approved by the electorate a few years back? Proposed by the republicans IIRC. Sounds like somebdy needs a ride:
