Courtesy ARC
Arizona’s latest redistricting commission will meet Thursday for the first time to be sworn in and interview five independents nominated to serve as the panel’s chair and potential tie-breaking vote.
The Independent Redistricting Commission is formed each decade under a 2000 voter-approved ballot measure that took drawing of new congressional and legislative districts after each U.S. Census out of the hands of the Legislature.
Legislative leaders took turns appointing two Republicans and two Democrats as the first four commission members.
Among the new commission’s organizational tasks will be hiring a legal team and an executive director.
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