http://www.fairdistricts.com/Initiative_Text.asp
I noticed some stuff in here that I had not noticed before in the selection of the 3 "Special Masters." (That term gives me the shivers)
--The "Judicial Council" first "nominates" 24 judges.
--Perata(D), Nunez(D), McCarthy(R), and Ackerman(R) then get to select 3 of those 24 (each) as candidates for "Special Master", (reducing the pool to 12).
--BUT--they can only select candidates NOT in their own party! So, the only GOP possible nominees would have to be selected by Perata and Nunez! While the same is true on the other side of the aisle (McCarthy/Ackerman selecting Dems), I see the left as playing a much dirtier game.
And what about retired judges whose party is "Decline to State"?
Somehow I think we are going to end up with 1 Dem and 2 Decline-To-State "Special Masters".
Scratch that. I missed this part about the "two largest political parties".
Not more than twelve of the twenty-four retired judges may be of a single party affiliation, and the two largest political parties in California shall be equally represented among the nominated retired judges.
If it's what I saw before... It's another huge stike at the heart of conservatism in CA!!! And just plain dumb on top of that. We've never needed it in the past and we'll never ever really need it at all!!!
This is the kind of nonsense Doolittle is going on about. The Dems will select RINO Republicans. The Republicans will select Dems. Since there are no Dem counterparts to RINOS, we get liberals all around.