I have received a lot of emails concerned about the efforts of some Republican legislators to undermine the intent of the recently approved Amendment 1 called Clean Missouri.
Under this scheme, Missouri voters would be asked to completely scrap a new process for redistricting state legislative seats that they just ratified in November under Clean Missouri. The House granted preliminary approval on April 23 by a vote of 100-49. I voted in opposition with nearly all Democrats and a few Republicans.
Voters ratified Amendment 1, dubbed Clean Missouri, with 62 percent support less than six months ago to completely overhaul how new House and Senate districts are drawn.
Republicans, who built supermajorities in both legislative chambers over the past two decades in part due to winning favorable district maps, generally opposed Clean Missouri and favored the old system in which districts were drawn by partisan commissions.
Voters ratified Amendment 1, dubbed Clean Missouri, with 62 percent support less than six months ago to completely overhaul how new House and Senate districts are drawn.
Under the new system, a nonpartisan demographer will oversee redistricting and be charged with drawing maps that maximize the number of competitive districts. This system is slated to be used for the first time during the next redistricting cycle in 2021.
Republicans, who built supermajorities in both legislative chambers over the past two decades in part due to winning favorable district maps, generally opposed Clean Missouri and favored the old system in which districts were drawn by partisan commissions.
House Joint Resolution 48 seeks to largely restore that system, although with some modifications, for the upcoming redistricting cycle.
Even if both chambers approve HJR 48, voters will still have the final say as the measure automatically would go on the November 2020 ballot for ratification.
Even if both chambers approve HJR 48, voters will still have the final say as the measure automatically would go on the November 2020 ballot for ratification.
Given the overwhelming margin by which Clean Missouri was approved and the fact that it’s redistricting system hasn’t yet had an opportunity to be implemented, it is uncertain if voters would be willing to so soon undo what they have just done. A second House vote is required to send HJR 48 to the Senate
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