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Arizona Size of Independent Redistricting Commission Amendment (2018)
| Arizona Size of Independent Redistricting Commission Amendment | |
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| Election date November 6, 2018 | |
| Topic Redistricting measures | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The Arizona Size of Independent Redistricting Commission Amendment was not on the ballot in Arizona as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 6, 2018.
The measure would have increased the number of members on the state's independent redistricting commission from five (5) to nine (9). The measure would have required that no more than three members be Democrats and no more than three members be Republicans, meaning three members would have been neither Democrats and Republicans. The measure would have required that four (4) members come from the state's most populous county (Maricopa County as of 2018), two (2) members come from the state's second most populous county (Pima County as of 2018), and three (3) members from the state's remaining counties.[1]
The measure would have amended Proposition 106, which voters approved in 2000. Proposition 106 created the state's independent redistricting commission, which was tasked with mapping the state's legislative and congressional districts following each U.S. Census. The commission was designed to have five members, with leaders from the legislature's two largest political parties appointing two members and the resulting four members picking a fifth member. Proposition 106 required that no more than two members be Democrats and no more than two members be Republicans, meaning one member was to be neither a Democrat or Republican. The measure also required that members could not be from the same county.
Text of measure
Constitutional changes
- See also: Article 4, Arizona Constitution
The measure would have amended Section 1 of Article 4 of the Arizona Constitution. The full text of the measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Arizona Constitution
In Arizona, a constitutional amendment must be passed by a simple majority vote in each house of the Arizona Legislature during one legislative session.
Sen. Steven B. Yarbrough (R-18) introduced the constitutional amendment as Senate Concurrent Resolution 1034 (SCR 1034) during the 2018 legislative session.
On February 28, 2018, the state Senate approved the bill 17 to 13. The vote was along party lines, with Republicans supporting and Democrats opposing SCR 1034.[2]
On May 2, 2018, the Arizona House of Representatives approved an amended version of the bill in a vote of 32 to 25. The state Senate, however, rejected the amendments on May 3, 2018, and the measure was not reconsidered before the 2018 legislative session adjourned on May 4, 2018.[2][3]
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