Comments on: Redistricting panel members selected

By: jskdn

jskdn — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 02:12:06 +0000

I didn’t apply because I had also changed my registration from independent to a party to vote in that party’s primary, changing back right afterward. I suspect that the method was chosen to create a balance in partisanship in what has been an extremely partisan endeavor. I’d like to know how the commission will proceed, what constraints are they bound by, and what outside influences on their process are allowed?

By: Ralph Hoffmann

Ralph Hoffmann — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 01:52:02 +0000

I was disqualified because I change my party affiliation about every 6 months. Does anyone know why party loyalty was a requirement to serve?

By: Common Tater

Common Tater — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 23:05:45 +0000

Thank you. That brushes away my concern.

By: scott tandy

scott tandy — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 22:27:32 +0000

The first eight members would be wise to select William Hamm of Lafayette. He has the background and experience to do the job in an unbiased and non partisan manner. Hamm worked for learned from, the highly regarded and impartial, A. Alan Post and was the Legislative Analyst for the State Legislature for several years after Prop 13 passed. He would be a superb choice.

By: Lisa Vorderbrueggen

Lisa Vorderbrueggen — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 22:11:52 +0000

Common Tater: Sorry if I provided unclear information. In this case, non-partisan means these individuals are registered “decline to state.” It means they are not affiliated with any particular party. Most members of the pool of 12 people who are not Republicans or Democrats are DTS although some are listed as “other” or as members of third parties. You have to have been continuously registered in one of these categories for five years and have voted in two of the last three general elections in order to qualify to serve on the commission.

By: Common Tater

Common Tater — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 22:08:02 +0000

In my best Arte Johnson accent, that’s Very Interesting…

And what’s very interesting is that I have no clue as to what “non-partisan” means. Does it mean “Decline to State” which is the the dreaded DTS nomenclature feared by both big parties? Or does it mean “Independent” as in a free-thinking independent personage. (Note that we’re not talking American Independent Party here, folks).

Or are the non-partisans TRULY non-partisan and have been living as hermits for the past 30 to 50 years and had no contact with the outside world and have made no political decisions

In any event, I don’t recall a designation on the ballot for “non-partisan” as a political affiliation. Certainly there are several non-partisan elected positions but no “non-partisan” political parties.

What gives here? I would like to know how these non-parts are registered to vote. Or are they registered to vote?

Inquiring minds want to know why this information is obscure, seemingly deliberately so.