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California Supreme Court denies challenge of Senate maps
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Jan 27, 2012 01:17pm |
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| Category | Legal Ruling |
| News Date | Friday, January 27, 2012 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The California Supreme Court ruled today that state Senate maps drawn by a citizens commission will be used in this year's elections, despite a pending referendum to overturn them.
The issue came before the High Court after a Republican-backed group, Fairness and Accountability in Redistricting, filed more than 711,000 signatures with county elections offices in a referendum to overturn Senate maps drawn by a 14-member citizens commission.
GOP officials contend that the new, commission drawn lines would give Democrats a strong chance of gaining two additional seats in the Senate, enough to gain the two-thirds supermajority needed to raise taxes or fees. |
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