Asked whether two “unconstitutional” acts make a right as Democrats look to counter GOP redistricting efforts, Ken Martin said, “In this case, I would say yes.”
Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin defended California’s redistricting efforts while criticizing Republicans’ own efforts as unconstitutional.
“If they’re going to do this and continue doing this nonsense, which is unconstitutional and illegal, we’re going to be forced to do it ourselves in other states,” Martin said in an interview with NBC News, referencing GOP redistricting efforts.
Asked whether two unconstitutional acts make a right, Martin said, “In this case, I would say yes.”
His comments come as Californians will decide Tuesday whether to approve the state’s Prop 50 ballot measure, which would allow the state to redistrict to favor Democrats in the midterm elections. The move came in response to Republicans’ redistricting efforts in Texas to favor the GOP, which sparked redistricting battles in state legislatures across the country.
Redistricting committees just obfuscates the politicization. You’ll have an “independent committee” full of Republicans, or the final vote for a redistricting map will be passed to the Supreme Court, encouraging the politicization of the judicial branch.
Just add ~5 at-large seats that are distributed to balance out to match the state-wide popular vote. That’s what they do in Europe. Then you can gerrymander all you want, but you’ll lose all the at-large seats if the local representatives don’t match the state-wide popular vote.