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If approved by voters on Nov. 5, 2024, the “Citizens Not Politicians Amendment” will bar current and former politicians, party officials and lobbyists from serving on a new redistricting commission composed of five persons identified as Democrats, five identified as Republicans and five identified as independents. - from another article

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

@thenewred @jesterkun It's journalistic malpractice for the op-ed to not link to the text.

Here's the summary: https://www.citizensnotpoliticians.org/petition/
Here's the raw amendment: https://citizensnotpoliticians.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/CNP-Amendment-for-Web.pdf

Basically, it takes district-drawing power away from elected officials, giving it to a panel of 15 people screened by a bipartisan panel of retired judges. Then there's a whole lot of detail on how to draw maps and ensure that it's valid.