Redistricting Commissions and Referenda

[DrScholl]

New Jersey's commission is not non-partisan, it's got a clear partisan intent.  And it's not like Democrats wouldn't have the most seats even under a completely non-partisan map. Republicans actually get an extra seat out of New Jersey, under a fair map, they wouldn't.

[DrScholl]

UK has a boundary commission set up to draw every constituency for Parliament, with a division for each region and it seems to work well without any problem. The members draw constituencies geographically without looking at voting patterns and that's really the only focus. It's not complicated to apply that sort of logic to drawing congressional districts here. There needs to be only one standard set for redistricting and that is compactness.