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Redistricting

By Kent Scheidegger et al.

With all precincts reporting, it appears that California voters have finally approved reapportionment reform, Proposition 11, by a scant 100,000 votes out of 9 million. With more competitive districts, the Legislature may be more responsive to the wishes of the people on crime issues. New districts won't actually take effect until the 2012 elections, but the mere prospect that they could be facing competitive elections in the future may cause some legislators to behave better.

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on November 05, 2008 (boomark / email).