California: Dan Walters on redistricting reform vs. partisan jockying -- disenfranchisement for independent voters?

Dan Walters: If redistricting reform is real, it'll emulate state high court
By Dan Walters -- Bee Columnist Monday, June 12, 2006
...That's not only small-d undemocratic but results in a Legislature composed overwhelmingly of very conservative Republicans and very liberal Democrats. It thus worsens the Capitol's chronic inability to deal with the state's most pressing political policy issues. And it completely disenfranchises independent voters, who are the fastest-growing segment of the electorate.... [more]