Redrawn

If you have any doubts that the attempts to change the nature of redistricting is purely political, take a look at Republican repsonse to the same attempts occuring in one of their stronghold states, Ohio:

Jason Mauk, political director of the Ohio Republican Party, said the party had not taken a formal position on the amendments, but would undoubtedly work to defeat them.

"Quite frankly, the Democrats have failed to run competitive candidates in this state for two decades now and suddenly they are seeking to manipulate the Constitution because they have been impotent as a political party," Mr. Mauk said in an interview.

A former Republican president of the Ohio Senate, Richard Finan, last week filed a lawsuit in the Ohio Supreme Court pre-emptively challenging the petitions because they did not identify the passages that would be deleted from the Constitution.

So while changing the way districts are drawn up in California is good for the people, doing the same thing in Ohio is going against the will of the people.