Ultra-Right Republican Group Backs Common Cause Redistricting Measure

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

If there you had any doubt that the Common Cause "Voters First" redistricting measure was partisan, erase it. The California Republican Assembly, the small but vocal far-right GOP organization, has endorsed it.

Here's what CRA chief Mike Spence wrote in The Flash Report:

"The California Republican Assembly has officially endorsed the Voters FIRST Redistricting initiative.  The vote was nearly unanimous, with only a single dissenting vote.

The Initiative, which is due to begin circulating petitions shortly, takes the drawing of legislative district lines out of the hands of the legislature and gives it to an Independent Commission composed of Republicans, Democrats and Independents randomly selected from a pre-qualified list of volunteers.

I know people are wondering how CRA can support an initiative endorsed by the Governor and Common Cause. Clearly, CRA is no fan of these two or some of the other groups supporting the initiative.

Some of the criticisms from a few Republicans include that it doesn’t include Congress. I wish it did. The reality is this is the only initiative on the topic that might qualify and pass out there. It isn’t perfect but it is a step in the right direction."