Show-Me Redistricting Hot Mess In The Making

Voters should be watching this process because it'll impact election politics for the next decade.

Thankfully, we found an apt summary of the sitch so far . . . And it doesn't seem to be going well:

The Senate panel remained deadlocked and did not produce a proposed map by the deadline. The House panel took a novel approach to partisan discord. Instead of no map, this panel submitted two separate maps: a Republican version and a Democratic one.

Some might portray this not-one-but-two approach as a Solomonic compromise, but really it’s a cop-out on par with voting “all of the above” on something or just shrugging your shoulders and saying, “whatever.” Instead of a tough call, these commissioners on the House panel made two easy ones.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com news link . . .

Missouri's redistricting cop-out

Missouri's bipartisan redistricting commissions had one job to do. The state Constitution requires each commission to submit a tentative map on new House and Senate districts by a Dec. 23 deadline. The Senate panel remained deadlocked and did not produce a proposed map by the deadline.