Thread by @redistrictAZ

Seems like a good day to remind @ArizonaIRC what the voters approved in 2000 by 56% of the vote. The official title:
An amendment to the constitution of Arizona. Amending Article IV, Part 2, Section 1, Constitution of Arizona; relating to ending the practice of gerrymandering~

~ and improving voter and candidate participation in elections by creating an independent commission of balanced appointments to oversee the mapping of fair and competitive congressional and legislative districts.

The Descriptive Title:
Amending Arizona Constitution to create a 5-member "Citizens' Independent Redistricting Commission" with no more than 2 members from each political party and no more than 3 members from each county, to draw

legislative and congressional district boundaries after each U.S. Census: Removes redistricting authority from the Arizona legislature.

NOTICE from the Sponsor:
No where in the official title, descriptive title, the full language of the Proposition did it direct that the power of the AZ legislature should be replaced by the @SALCLeaders. Nowhere. But consider

the inaugural commission in 2001 was chaired by Steve Lynn - Board member of @SALCLeaders. This current commission includes David Mehl a founding member of @SALCLeaders and current board member. And three people associated with @SALCLeaders

testified at the two Tucson hearings in August - one of which was heal at the hotel - @WestinPaloma - that David Mehl developed.
The of the @SALCLeaders who testified said they needed a REPUBLICAN district in Pima County because of all the legislative districts in @pimaarizona

There was not a single REPUBLICAN legislator to carry their sponsored legislation. Horror of horrors, they had to go talk to a REPUBLICAN legislator in @PinalCounty

One person who spoke - SteveLynn - the chair of hte 2000 commission and current @SALCLeaders board member; counseled the current commission to 1) not attempt to draw their own maps and 2) listen to community of interest testimony - and that

regarding COI, "they would know it when they saw it." And then speaker after speaker talked about combining Oro Valley,Marana and Saddlebrooke and Saddlebrooke Ranch together.... Guess that happens when you do that?

Magically, there emerges a REPUBLICAN district to be had! What a fortunate coincidence!

All that happened back inAugust. Eight days ago, the current @SALCLeaders President and CEO email Commissioner Mehl DURING the @ArizonaIRC meeting to tell him that a "citizen submission"

Had been made that created the desired REPUBLICAN district and others for @pimaarizona and @PinalCounty.

And through a bit of pull and push -- that "citizen submission" is fully integrated into the LD plan version 8.0 that will be reviewed at the @ArizonaIRC meeting today.

There are SO MANY ?????. The most important ? for the citizens of Arizona is this: Does @Arizona Chairwoman @ErikaNeuberg not see through this? Does she really believe that these actions are those of integrity and balance and fairness?

Countdown to #FairDistricts ~ 55 Days!