[EL] Interesting 82% super-majority rule in Chicago redistricting

[Douglas Johnson]

California's state redistricting commission is comprised of 14 members: 5
Dem, 5 Rep, and 4 independents. Adopting a plan requires at least 9 votes,
and those votes must include at least 3 Dem, 3 Rep, and 3 independent votes.

 

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From: law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu
[mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] On Behalf Of Dan
Johnson
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 12:12 PM
To: Election Law
Subject: [EL] Interesting 82% super-majority rule in Chicago redistricting

 

The City of Chicago has an interesting procedural rule for redistricting,
designed to forge consensus: 82% of all aldermen must vote for a new map as
any 20% of the body (10 of 50 aldermen) may put a competing map on the
ballot. 

 

http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20120118/BLOGS02/120119782/new-ward-m
ap-backed-by-emanuel-looks-likely-to-pass-thursday

 is a news quip about the latest developments.

 

Anyone else aware of a similar procedural rule that empowers a minority and
thus creates a super-majority threshold in the redistricting context? 

 

Dan

 

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