Proposed constitutional amendment would create citizens panel to draw legislative, congressional

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Proposed constitutional amendment would create citizens panel to draw legislative, congressional districts in Arkansas


The coalition of nonprofit organizations and community groups calling themselves People Not Politicians on Tuesday filed the ballot initiative with the office of Secretary of State John Thurston. People Not Politicians is the name of similar groups in Oregon and Oklahoma.

The Arkansas coalition includes Indivisible of Little Rock and Central Arkansas, Arkansas Public Policy Panel, Urban League of Arkansas, Citizens First Congress, Arkansas United, Arkansas State Conference NAACP, League of Women Voters of Pulaski County, Arkansas Education Association and Arkansans for a Unified Natural State.

Loriee Evans, spokeswoman for People Not Politicians and lead organizer for Indivisible of Little Rock and Central Arkansas, said the goal is to create an independent commission that would be free of political bias when it draws new boundaries of congressional and legislative districts.

A number of Arkansas organizations and community groups have joined forces to propose a constitutional amendment that would change the state's legislative and congressional redistricting process by creating a Citizens' Redistricting Commission.

Read more: https://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/2021/dec/29/proposed-constitutional-amendment-would-create/

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