In Reply to: How do you ban gerrymandering? posted by blindness on May 08, 2026 at 22:36:34
Every 10 years, since 2010, we've formed a citizens committee to do the job. And we'll do it again in 2030.
And I wish to God that before people throw up their hands and say it's impossible they would do a little homework and see what California has done. It's not a simple process, but it is a fair and transparent one. And if it ever became mandatory nationwide, California would be the model.
The committee is 14 members: 5 Dem, 5 Rep, 4 Ind. The legislature's role in the process is to strike candidates from the pool of citizens. Of the 28 members selected so far, only one pushed a political agenda.
California's last partisan gerrymander occurred in 1990. While districts were gerrymandered in 2000, they were engineered to preserve all incumbents--not a particular party. That redistricting was what prompted a demand for reform.