Coalition co-chair says redistricting offers chance to fix party imbalances
Sun, 03/20/2011 - 12:01am
Ken Clark, co-chair of the Arizona Competitive Districts Coalition, chats with Arizona State Rep. Patricia Fleming during his visit to Sierra Vista. Clark was invited by the League of Women Voters in Cochise County to talk about redistricting issues at the Sierra Vista Public Library.
(Ed Honda • Herald/Review)
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SIERRA VISTA — Public input is essential to ensuring that the redistricting process currently under way in Arizona results in a fair and equal mapping of state legislative and congressional districts, the co-chair of the Arizona Competitive Redistricting Coalition told community members Saturday.
Speaking at the regular meeting of the League of Women Voters of Cochise County at the Sierra Vista Library, Ken Clark said that past gerrymandering has essentially silenced nearly half of Arizona voters.
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Mr Clark’s excellent presentation stressing the importance of districting brought to mind the recent local election which included the Wards system proposition for Sierra Vista. "Incumbency protection" is a fair description of the at-large system we now have for electing city council members. A city-district (wards) system would result in more competitive elections in Sierra Vista; new voices, new ideas and elected representatives that are literally closer to the people they are pledged to represent. Despite violations of state and federal election law by the current city administration, including erroneous and misleading descriptions of the ballot initiative (the subject of current court actions and investigations by the US Dept of Justice and AZ Attorney General) 49% of the voters participating on that question voted YES to city-districts. 5,785 Sierra Vista voters - more than voted for our new Mayor - favor better representation, and real competi
REPUBLICANS LOST. THAT IS THE ONLY REASON FOR REDISTRICTING