Posted on 01/27/2012 11:55:30 AM PST by SmithL
The California Supreme Court ruled today that state Senate maps drawn by a citizens commission will be used in this year's elections, despite a pending referendum to overturn them.
The issue came before the High Court after a Republican-backed group, Fairness and Accountability in Redistricting, filed more than 711,000 signatures with county elections offices in a referendum to overturn Senate maps drawn by a 14-member citizens commission.
Californians will decide the fate of the newly drawn Senate districts in November if 504,760 of the signatures are from valid voters. Legislative candidates must file and run their campaigns before then, however, so justices needed to identify district maps to be in effect immediately.
County elections offices face a Feb. 24 deadline for certifying FAIR's referendum signatures. Thus far, they have verified 57,761 of 80,127 signatures checked. If the percentage of valid signatures holds steady, 72 percent, the referendum would qualify for the ballot.
Twenty Senate seats are up for grabs this year - and the results carry high-stakes politically.
(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.sacbee.com ...
What happens next is that California will enter into the never never land of rule by recall and initiative ~ with NO LEGISLATURE.
They should place the elimination of the state executive branch on their ticket of things to do.
I think I'm going to minimize my visits there for the foreseeable future. It's beginning to sound like Bolivia!
Insanity reigns..
To late. we have been ruled by initiative since Willy Brown ran things.
And the state highway people. Who are they?
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