Posted April 2, 2010 by Legal Center Staff

Legal Center and League of Women Voters Release Redistricting Report

Last week the Campaign Legal Center and the League of Women Voters of the United States released "Developing an Action Agenda for Redistricting in 2011", a report stemming from a conference convened to bring a broad spectrum of stakeholders and experts to the table to seek common ground.

Although the organizations and individuals attending the conference held different views on how to reform the redistricting process itself, conferees agreed that greater transparency and citizen participation in redistricting are the keys to improving our nation's democracy.  They also agreed on a number of specific principles and next steps. The conference was extremely productive and yielded three key results:  

• Participants agreed to continue talking and working together in preparing for the post-2010 redistricting cycle;
• Consensus was reached on four "Essential Principles on Redistricting," which can be found on page 13 of the report; 
• Many action steps were identified for organizations and individuals to prepare and to participate effectively in the 2011 redistricting.

Also included in the report is model legislative language to bring transparency to the process of redrawing legislative district lines. The model bill was drafted by the Campaign Legal Center at the request of the conferees and has been shared widely.

To read the view the full report, click here.