[EL] Scarberry's comment re:districting commissions and consultants -NOT

[Douglas Johnson]

Sorry about that!

On Friday, June 15, 2012, Scarberry, Mark <Mark.Scarberry at pepperdine.edu>
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> That was Mark Rush’s comment, not mine.
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> Mark S. Scarberry
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> From: Douglas Johnson [mailto:djohnson at ndcresearch.com]
> Sent: Friday, June 15, 2012 8:23 AM
> To: 'Mark Rush'; Scarberry, Mark
> Cc: 'law-election at UCI.edu'
> Subject: RE: [EL] Scarberry's comment re:districting commissions and
consultants
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> This is a common misconception. The partisan consultants lose direct
power, but get even more work. Just because legislators don't control the
process does not mean they do not draw plans and work with others to
promote plans to the commission. (ProPublica only scratched the surface of
what goes on.)
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> In addition, an open process makes it worthwhile for cities, counties,
community groups and even individual legislators to draw and submit their
own plans, which require peoples able to draw plans, explain the rules, and
put together a good case for (or against) a given plan.
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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 Mark Rush
> Sent: Friday, June 15, 2012 12:47 AM
> To: Scarberry, Mark
> Cc: law-election at UCI.edu
> Subject: Re: [EL] Proposed Constitutional Amendments -- Larry Tribe and
Rick Hasen
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> We should have nonpartisan districting commissions too.   Of course,
moving in this direction might put a lot of consultants out of work…
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- Doug

Douglas Johnson
National Demographics Corporation
djohnson at NDCresearch.com
phone 310-200-2058
fax 818-254-1221
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