Reply #35: Huh? EVERYONE runs for re-election in the house! [View All]

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Can't we do this legislation later after we have a Dem in power at governor's slot? What would be FAR better in getting bad politicians out of office than redistricting would be for us to work for clean elections laws in place instead. That would be certain to get rid of a number of "highly paid" encumbents that would have to face a more even playing field of newer candidates that aren't about doing "fundraisers" all of the time! Why do we need redistricting now. This is just a ploy for Rethugs to gain power. It will do NOTHING for us and will likely screw us over when other chips (voting machines, etc.) are already stacked against us now. Now is NOT the time for this sort of redistricting change.

I just really don't see the math helping out Dems. Once we have something like clean elections in place, there will be more people that work to be accountable to the voters who would be more apt to help bring about proper redistricting reform, not this knee-jerk ploy to try to have the GOP take over California.

You still haven't explained to me what statistics show that there are an equal number of GOP voters to Dem voters here in California which would merit them having EQUAL representation on this board. That board should be represented by population. Otherwise, it becomes more of an electoral college type mess where we get short changed again on our representation (as do other parties such as the Greens and the Libertarians).