Currently, the Republican-Controlled Oklahoma Legislature Oversees the State's Redistricting Process every 10 years, and Approved by the Governor, who is a Republican.
A Redistricting Reform Group, People Not Politicians, is Petitioning for Oklahoma's Legislative and Congressional Maps to be Drawn by a Multi-Partisan Commission.
Through the Petition, filed Monday, People Not Politicians Aims to take the Partisanship Out of Oklahoma's Mapmaking Process.
People Not Politicians is a Bipartisan Coalition of Redistricting Reformers, Headed by the League of Women Voters of Oklahoma and Let's Fix This.
The Group will have 90 days to Collect almost 178,000 Signatures to have this Redistricting Commission Measure placed before Voters on the Ballot in 2020.
If successful, the Nine-Person Commission would consist of Non-Elected Members from Multiple Political Parties.
Six of the Members would be Chosen by a Panel of Retired State Judges, led by the Chief Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court.
These Six would then Select the Remaining Members. Three of the Commissioners would be Democrats, Three Republicans, and Three would be unaffiliated with Either Major Party.
Arizona, California, and Washington have Nonpartisan Commissions.
Last year, Five States: Colorado, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, and Utah, Passed Legislation to Reform their Mapmaking Process.
Oklahoma joins a Growing Number of States: Arkansas, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, and Virginia, seeking Nonpartisan Control of Redistricting Ahead of the 2020 Census.
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