The California Assembly passed the first of three bills to begin redrawing the state's congressional districts to increase Democratic advantage. California's constitution currently requires an independent nonpartisan panel to draw the congressional map. The proposed legislation would place a constitutional amendment on the November ballot to allow Democratic lawmakers to bypass the independent panel and enact a Democratic-approved map. Lawmakers removed last-minute language that would have conditioned the changes on Texas continuing its redistricting plan. Governor Newsom indicated plans to sign the bill immediately to meet the ballot-measure filing deadline. The move responds to Texas Republican redistricting efforts aimed at adding House seats.
AP Photo The California Assembly moved on Thursday to start the process to redraw the state's Congressional districts in retaliation for Texas Republicans gerrymandering their state to try and net five additional House seats at the behest of President Donald Trump. The state legislature passed the first of three bills that will try and redraw California's districts to more favor Democrats.
California's state constitution, unlike in Texas, requires that an independent nonpartisan panel draw the state's Congressional map. The bill California Democrats passed would place a constitutional amendment on November's ballot to allow the Democrats in the state to bypass that provision and put in place the Democrat-approved map. The bill was amended at the last minute to take out language that would allow for the changes to go forward only if Texas continued to advance their plan to redraw its map.
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