Ixnay on Prop 77 redistricting


It appears that Governor Schwarzenegger's redistricting initiative, Prop 77, is dying a slow, painful (and in my opinion, richly deserved) death.

Since news broke of the discrepancies between the version of the initiative circulated on petitions and the version submitted to the Secretary of State's office, a great deal has happened — most of it bad, if you're in favor of Prop 77.

Legislators (being legislators) scheduled hearings and signed on to the lawsuit attempting to block it from the ballot. Briefs were filed on both sides. After a short hearing and an even shorter deliberation, a judge found that the discrepancies violated the law and that the initiative could not appear on the fall 2005 ballot (a .pdf of the decision is here).

Never ones to take a legal decision lying down (and probably used to being sued at this point), Ted Costa et al. filed an appeal, which will be heard by the Third Circuit (which did not recuse itself despite the fact that a former member is on the Prop 77 litigation team) this coming Friday.


UPDATE:
• California Attorney General Bill Lockyer defends his handling of the Prop 77 case (he's the one that filed the lawsuit to block it from the ballot) here.
• Fuckface Gray Davis, apparently insecure that he's damaged the Democratic Party enough recently, comes out in support of his nemesis' ballot measure.
• Handsome devil Michael Krasny takes on the fall ballot measures on KQED's Forum.

Posted: Mon - August 1, 2005 at 08:05 AM   | Category:     |   |   | |


©
eXTReMe Tracker