AP via LA Times (July 21): Redistricting Measure Ordered Off Ballot

[Jack Rabbit]

From the Los Angeles Times
Dated Thursday July 21

Gov.'s Redistricting Measure Ordered Off Ballot
From Associated Press

Sacramento -- A judge kicked Arnold Schwarzenegger's redistricting measure off the special election ballot today, a crushing blow for a proposition that was held up as a centerpiece of the governor's campaign to reform state government.

The judge ruled that supporters violated California's constitution by using two versions of the initiative in the process of qualifying the measure for the ballot.

"The differences are not simply typographical errors," Judge Gail Ohanesian said. "They're not merely about the format of the measure. They are not simply technical. Instead they go to the substantive terms of the measure."

The proposal, Proposition 77, is one of three initiatives that the Republican governor is pushing in the Nov. 8 election. It would take the power to draw legislative and congressional districts away from the Legislature and give it to a panel of three retired judges.

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[Merlot]

1. aw, darn!

guess that means we won't be subjected to a texas style fight to thie finish on redistricting.

And to the first repub who cries about "techinicalities," let's talk to the (former) mayor of San Diego about technicalities.

[driver8]

2. That is the best news I've heard all day!

I cannot wait until we vote that piece of shit "governator" out of office.

What happened to all of the rethugs talk about Ahnuld being able to run for president? We don't hear much about that anymore, do we?