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July 22, 2005

The nitty-gritty on 77

Several readers ahve asked that I link to the actual text of the two Proposition 77s, the one submitted to the Attorney General for title and summary and the one circulated to the voters.

Here is the copy submitted to the attorney general, on his web site.

And here is the copy circulated to voters, from the Fair Districts Now website.

Here is a list of the key differences, from the Bee:

Here are some of the differences in two versions of the redistricting initiative. :

VERSION SUBMITTED TO ATTORNEY GENERAL
"...until the next adjustment of boundary lines is required pursuant to this article."
"...the Judicial Council shall select by lot..."
"...shall be equally represented among the selected retired judges..."
"A retired judge appointed..."
"...shall each nominate, no later than six days before the deadline..."
"No later than four days before the deadline..."
"...If said list of remaining nominees does not include a retired judge from each of the two largest political parties, the drawing for the Special Master from the absent political party or parties shall be made from the original pool of twenty-four retired judges selected by the Judicial Council..."

VERSION USED TO GATHER SIGNATURES
"...until the next adjustment of boundary lines is required pursuant to subdivisions (a) or (i)."
"...the Judicial Council shall nominate by lot..."
"...shall be equally represented among the nominated retired judges..."
"A retired judge selected..."
"...shall each nominate, no later than five days before the deadline..."
"No later than three days before the deadline..."
"If the drawing is unable to produce at least one Special Master from each of the two largest political parties, the drawing for the Special Master from the political party not represented from the list of remaining nominees shall be made from the original pool of twenty-four retired judges nominated by the Judicial Council..."