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Related: About this forumWisconsin: Senate moderates propose constitutional change to make redistricting nonpartisan
Ah, yes. Dale Schultz (R-Richland Center) remains sane while his Republican cohorts have all been drinking Koch's Toxic Sludge.
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/senate-moderates-propose-constitutional-change-to-make-redistricting-nonpartisan/article_7057a4f6-59ce-11e1-8df5-001871e3ce6c.html
A bipartisan pair of state senators has offered legislation to take redistricting out of the hands of state lawmakers and give it to an independent, nonpartisan commission. Sens. Dale Schultz, R-Richland Center, and Tim Cullen, D-Janesville, are circulating the bill for co-sponsorship.
The proposal would create a commission appointed by lawmakers to redraw legislative and congressional districts every 10 years. The commission's work would require ratification by voters and would, if passed, first be used for the 2021 redistricting.
The bill would change the state constitution, requiring passage in two straight legislative sessions and approval by voters in a referendum.
"If we do it now, were are not putting either political party at a disadvantage, since we don't know which party will be in power then," Cullen said.
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Wisconsin: Senate moderates propose constitutional change to make redistricting nonpartisan (Original Post)
Scuba
Feb 2012
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yourout
(7,520 posts)1. I give them credit for trying but it will never pass. Right now they have a strangle hold on....
things and they know their only hope at staying power is by rigging the game.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)2. Yeah, but at least it calls them out on their skullduggery.
saras
(6,670 posts)3. I don't understand why anyone would have any other system