Bipartisan commissions designed to make the two parties work together on redistricting have devolved into messes in several states
Virginia voters tried to take partisan gerrymandering out of redistricting by giving map-drawing power to a bipartisan commission.A simple discussion last week in Richmond, about which maps to use as a baseline for drawing new legislative districts, ended with commissioners unable to agree on a starting point. Three Democratic members stormed out of the meeting, breaking up the quorum and reducing a staffer to the brink of tears.
The breakdown in Virginia is an extreme case — but it highlights the troubles plaguing some states that have turned their redistricting over to commissions.
“Just a different path to the same place,” said Virginia state Del. Marcus Simon, a Democrat serving on his state’s commission. “Maybe something like this could’ve worked 20 or 30 years ago, when we weren’t in such a polarized climate," Simon added, "where making nice with the other side wasn’t a betrayal of your whole tribe."
About a dozen states now incorporate a commission into their congressional map-drawing process, but each one is different. Some, like in California or Michigan, are led entirely by citizens, while others opt for a hybrid model that includes both voters and politicians, like in Virginia. In New York, Iowa and other places, state legislatures can ignore the commission’s input.
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