Vote Yes on California Proposition 11
Oct. 7th, 2008 01:53 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
arkuatI'd like to draw attention to one of the few good ideas that Arnold Schwarzenegger has brought to Sacramento. Arnie tried to get competitive redistricting early in his first term and failed, but competitive redistricting is actually a much better idea than term limits, and I hope that we can get rid of legislative term limits in California once we introduce competitive redistricting.
This time around it's Prop 11, and this time around Arnie's proposition for competitive redistricting has gained the support of the League of Women Voters. I think that's a signal worth paying attention to, and although I'm almost as suspicious of the proposed commission as I was the last time around, I do think we in California need to improve on the current system in which incumbent legislators redistrict and gerrymander so as to create safe seats for themselves. I tend to vote no on any California proposition unless I've studied it closely, but I'm planning to vote yes on Prop 11, and I encourage all other Californians to study Prop 11 and its history closely before voting against it.
I do solidly disapprove of the guaranteed 10-4 Republicrat-vs-Third/independent built-in majority, but honestly, the current status quo that obtains is even worse than what Prop 11 proposes. Let's take this one step at a time, and move forward.
This time around it's Prop 11, and this time around Arnie's proposition for competitive redistricting has gained the support of the League of Women Voters. I think that's a signal worth paying attention to, and although I'm almost as suspicious of the proposed commission as I was the last time around, I do think we in California need to improve on the current system in which incumbent legislators redistrict and gerrymander so as to create safe seats for themselves. I tend to vote no on any California proposition unless I've studied it closely, but I'm planning to vote yes on Prop 11, and I encourage all other Californians to study Prop 11 and its history closely before voting against it.
I do solidly disapprove of the guaranteed 10-4 Republicrat-vs-Third/independent built-in majority, but honestly, the current status quo that obtains is even worse than what Prop 11 proposes. Let's take this one step at a time, and move forward.
