Free Republic

If you want people to vote against a political reform measure, do you really want your campaign represented by a man who went to prison on political corruption charges? That's just what happened in Bakersfield earlier this week when The Californian's editorial board hosted an informal debate on Proposition 77, the redistricting reform measure on the Nov. 8 ballot. If passed, it would take the drawing of legislative and congressional district lines out of the hands of politicians, who can manipulate the lines to ensure their re-elections. It would turn the job over to a non-partisan panel of retired judges....