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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (44108)	11/4/2005 5:02:51 PM
From: CalculatedRisk	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 306849

77 has a couple of elements that are misleading. First, what is the problem? The problem is portrayed as many districts are not competitive. OK, does Prop 77 do anything to fix that issue? No, in fact it is designed to "corral" urban voters and will actually make most districts even LESS competitive. If you read the text, this is part of the Proposition. Of course "corraling" urban voters is good for the GOP, since most urban voters are Democrats. The 2nd problem is Prop 77 has judges do the redistricting and that seems OK, but the judges are picked EVENLY by both parties (even though there are far more DEMs than GOPs in California). Why should the minority party have the same input as the majority party ... unless they feel they are being under represented ... and the GOP is not under represented in the State Legislature. That is a couple of the problems ...