Ruling on redistricting a wake-up call for California GOP

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Now that the state Supreme Court has delivered the Republican Party a 7-0 smack-down, California can proceed with a key piece of its ongoing political reform.

That would be electing legislators in districts drawn in public by a bipartisan citizens commission, rather than in secret by politicians for politicians.

Republicans had argued for decades that the Legislature — perpetually ruled by Democrats — should be stripped of its corrupting power to draw districts to the majority party's advantage. Of course, Republicans thought it was OK 10 years ago when they and Democrats conspired to gerrymander districts to protect incumbents of both parties.

But finally, California voters agreed with the GOP and placed the drawing of legislative and congressional seats in the hands of a 14-member independent commission, consisting of five Democrats, five Republicans and four independents.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cap-redistricting-20120202,0,4254194.column

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1. deeply flawed system give R's equality with D's

when they are nowhere near equal in registration nor in legislators. some of their commissoners should be Independent

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2. Well, I would call it corrupt, not merely flawed, but OK.

I must say I am very curious to see the results in November, it's going to be a brand new day.