[EL] AZ commissions upheld 5-4

[Fredric Woocher]

In her opinion for the Court, Justice Ginsburg observes that a number of other states, including California, have also established Citizen Redistricting Commissions, and she describes California's system as follows:

"The California Redistricting Commission, established by popular initiative, develops redistricting plans which become effective if approved by public referendum.7"

That is not correct, however, is it?  In California, redistricting plans adopted by the Commission are subject to referendum in the same way that any statute passed by the Legislature would be subject to referendum (i.e., by submitting a sufficient number of signatures in support of a referendum petition), but the Commission's plans are not required to be approved by a public referendum in order to become effective.  Perhaps I'm being picky, but the opinion's wording suggests to me that the Commission's plans become effective only if they are approved by a public vote, when I do not believe that to be the case.

Fredric D. Woocher
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