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...newly-appointed Chair of the Reform Commission Jonathan D. Einkauf ’06 informed the UC at the beginning of last night’s meeting that he would be contacting every member this week to solicit their views on what does and doesn’t work in their organization...
...Reform Commission is set to make its proposal sometime around Spring Break...
...fire with mid-decade redistricting efforts in Illinois, Louisiana, and New Mexico, according to a recent report by the Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call. While we understand the Democrats’ frustration, the long-term answer to efforts such as those that occurred in Texas is not retaliation, but reform...
Without the Supreme Court’s intervention, the onus is now upon state governments to reform the redistricting system. Some have already taken steps to overhaul their redistricting processes. Independent commissions have drawn the lines in Iowa since the 1990 census and in Arizona since the 2000 census. California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has made redistricting one of his top legislative priorities, and the Florida Democratic Party has also made plans to introduce redistricting efforts. While these recent efforts are laudable, many of them are still overtly political. California Republicans, such as Schwarzenegger, support redistricting in large part because...
...focus of redistricting reform should not be a political one, such as competition or partisan gain. Rather, it should be on taking the politics out of redistricting and on drawing districts that are geographically and demographically consistent. The Redistricting Policy Group of the Institute of Politics has sought a non-partisan solution to the redistricting crisis. Comprised of more than twenty Harvard College students from a variety of political persuasions, we have formulated a blueprint for redistricting reform that we are introducing at the John F. Kennedy, Jr. Forum tonight at 6 p.m. Our plan would shift control of congressional...