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Alaska
Alaska Const. art. 6, § 8
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5
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Name: Redistricting Board
Selection Requirements: Governor appoints two; then president of the Senate appoints one; then speaker of the House appoints one; then chief justice of the Supreme Court appoints one. At least one member must be a resident of each judicial district. No member may be a public employee or official.
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Arizona
Ariz. Const. art. 4, pt. 2, § 1
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5
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Name: Independent Redistricting Commission
Selection Requirements: The commission on appellate court appointees creates a pool of 25 nominees, ten from each of the two largest parties and five not from either of the two largest parties. The highest ranking officer of the house appoints one from the pool, then the minority leader of the house appoints one, then the highest ranking officer of the senate appoints one, then the minority leader of the senate appoints one. These four appoint a fifth from the pool, not a member of any party already represented on the commission, as chair. If the four deadlock, the commission on appellate court appointments appoints the chair.
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Arkansas
Ark. Const. 1874, art. 8
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3
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Name: Board of Apportionment
Selection Requirements: Commission consists of the governor, secretary of state, and the attorney general
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California
Cal. Const. Article XXI
Cal. Gov. Code §§ 8251-8253.6
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14
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Name: Citizen’s Redistricting Commission
Selection Requirements: With the Passage of Proposition 11 in 2008, the process of redrawing California's state legislative districts was removed from state legislative authority and given to a newly established 14 member commission. The commission must include 5 Democrats, 5 Republicans, and 4 members from neither party. Government auditors are to select 60 registered voters from an applicant pool. Legislative leaders can reduce the pool; the auditors then are to pick eight commission members by lottery, and those commissioners pick six additional members for 14 total. For approval district boundaries need votes from three Democratic commissioners, three Republican commissioners, and three commissioners from neither party.
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Colorado
Colo. Const. art. V, §§ 46-48.3, as amended Nov. 6, 2018
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12
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Name: Independent Legislative Redistricting Commission
Selection Requirements: A panel of three retired justices or judges from the Colorado Supreme Court or the Colorado Court of Appeals of differing party affiliation will randomly select by lot 300 applicants from amongst all applicants who met the qualification requirements from each of the two largest political parties and 450 who are not affiliated with any political party. From these pools, the panel will select 50 from each pool based on their merit. From these pools, the panel will choose by lot two commissioners from each of the largest two parties and two who are unaffiliated. The majority and minority leaders in the House and Senate each select a pool of ten candidates from all qualified applicants who are associated with the two largest political parties. The panel of judges selects one commissioner from each legislative leader’s pool and two commissioners from the pool of unaffiliated applicants selected earlier. Geographic distribution based on congressional districts and a final selection of four commissioners from each of the two largest parties and four unaffiliated commissioners is required.
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Hawaii
Hawaii Const. art. IV
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9
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Name: Reapportionment Commission
Selection Requirements: President of the Senate selects two. Speaker of the House selects two. The minority leader in both the house and senate party each select one of their number. Those two each select one. These eight select the ninth member, who is the chair. No commission member may run for the legislature in the two elections following redistricting.
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Idaho
Idaho Const. art. III, § 2
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6
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Name: Commission for Reapportionment
Selection Requirements: Leaders of two largest political parties in each house of the legislature each designate one member; chairs of the two parties whose candidates for governor received the most votes in the last election each designate one member. No member may be an elected or appointed official in the state at the time of designation.
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Michigan
Mich. Const. Art. IV, § 6, as amended Nov. 6, 2018
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Name: Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission
Selection Requirements: The Secretary of State makes applications to become a commissioner available to the public, including mailing to 10,000 Michigan residents at random. The Secretary would then randomly select 60 applicants from each pool affiliating with the two major parties and 80 from the pool of those who are unaffiliated. These pools would be submitted to the Senate Majority and Minority Leaders, the Speaker of the House and the House Minority Leader, and each legislative leader is allowed to strike five applicants from any pool or pools. The Secretary would then randomly draw the names of four applicants from the pools affiliated with the two major parties, and five from the unaffiliated pool.
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Missouri
Mo. Const. art. III, § 3(c), § 7, as amended Nov. 6, 2018
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House: 18 Senate: 10
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Name: Apportionment Commission
Selection Requirements: There are two separate redistricting committees. Governor picks one person from each list of two submitted by the two main political parties in each congressional district to form the house committee. Governor picks five people from two lists of 10 submitted by the two major political parties in the state to form the senate committee. No commission member may hold office in the legislature for four years after redistricting.
After the passage of Amendment 1 in 2018, a state demographer (chosen by a panel including the state auditor and the majority and minority leaders of the Senate), will draw maps for the legislative commissions to consider. The commissions can amend the maps provided by the demographer, but only if 70 percent of their members vote to do so.
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Montana
Mont. Const. art. V, § 14
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5
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Name: Commission
Selection Requirements: Majority and minority leaders of both houses of the Legislature each select one member. Those four select a fifth, who is the chair. Members cannot be public officials. Members cannot run for public office in the two years after the completion of redistricting.
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New Jersey
N.J. Const. art. IV, § 3
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13
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Name: Apportionment Commission
Selection Requirements: The two parties getting the most votes in the last gubernatorial election each select five members. If the 10-member commission cannot agree, an eleventh member will be chosen by the chief justice of the state Supreme Court.
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Ohio
Ohio Const. art. XI, § 1
NOTE: this commission was established to begin in the 2020 cycle, by a 2015 Constitutional Amendment
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7
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Name: Ohio Redistricting Commission
Selection Requirements: Board consists of the governor, auditor, secretary of state, and four people appointed by the majority and minority leaders of the General Assembly.
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Pennsylvania
Pa. Const. art. II, § 17
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5
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Name: Reapportionment Commission
Selection Requirements: Majority and minority leaders of the legislative houses each select one member. These four select a fifth to chair. If they fail to do so within 45 days, a majority of the state Supreme Court will select the fifth member. The chair cannot be a public official.
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Washington
Wash. Const. art. II, § 43
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5
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Name: Commission
Selection Requirements: The majority and minority party leaders in each legislative chamber each select one registered voter to serve as commissioner, and those four commissioners choose a nonvoting fifth commissioner to serve as chair.
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