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Fla. gerrymandering battle already taking shape
08/30/09 11:59 AM ET
Florida Republicans are starting to worry that a ballot initiative this fall to ban gerrymandering could hurt their candidates -- and topple their majority -- in subsequent elections.
According to the St. Petersburg Times' reading of the proposition:
The newspaper adds that local GOP organizers have yet to mount a campaign against the two-part initiative, which would ban gerrymandering in both state and Congressional voting districts. But the absence of a formal movement hasn't stopped some Republicans, including state House Majority Leader Adam Hasner (R), from voicing their concerns. Again, from the Times:
According to the St. Petersburg Times' reading of the proposition:
"If the two constitutional amendments pass, congressional and legislative voting districts could not be designed to favor any political party or incumbent. Districts would be neatly shaped and take city and county boundaries into account, rather than the current system where state lawmakers use computer programs to map districts based on voter demographics and partisan leanings."
The newspaper adds that local GOP organizers have yet to mount a campaign against the two-part initiative, which would ban gerrymandering in both state and Congressional voting districts. But the absence of a formal movement hasn't stopped some Republicans, including state House Majority Leader Adam Hasner (R), from voicing their concerns. Again, from the Times:
"It is a stealth agenda funded by the left to do in the courts what they can't do at the ballot box," Hasner thundered. "This is the top priority of Democrats in 2010 and it must be stopped.
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