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The compromise being discussed would include a proposed amendment to the State Constitution providing for an independent redistricting process following the 2020 census.
Some government watchdog organizations have urged the governor to compromise this year in exchange for a constitutional amendment that would create an independent redistricting process starting after the 2020 Census; Ms. Dukes said such a compromise would be unacceptable.
During the 2010 campaign a majority of these same lawmakers signed a pledge to create an independent redistricting process to draw fair districts in time for this year's vote.
For her part, Ms. Pelosi said she welcomed the independent redistricting process in California, noting that it would almost certainly increase the size of the state's Democratic delegation next year.
The group, along with several redistricting experts, called on the governor to negotiate an agreement with legislative leaders on a constitutional amendment that would require an independent redistricting process after the 2020 census.
The reelection this month of Gov. Larry Hogan (R), an aggressive advocate for a nonpartisan redistricting commission, has heightened the standoff between the governor and Democrats who hold supermajorities in the General Assembly at a time when more states are moving to an independent redistricting process.
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It should also encourage them to hand the redistricting process to independent, nonpartisan commissions — the ultimate solution to this problem.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, who unsuccessfully sought to persuade lawmakers to create an independent commission to handle the redistricting process, has vowed repeatedly in recent months to veto the lines that the legislative task force was drawing.
Greater transparency in the redistricting process and independent redistricting commissions like the one created in California are the first steps to moving forward.
Despite 2010 campaign promises that they'd turn over the redistricting process to an independent commission, New York state legislators are drafting maps of their own in Albany.
In a case challenging the legislature's redistricting maps, for instance, the legislature hired its own attorneys to defend the district boundaries alongside Cooper, who has indicated his support for an independent redistricting commission to de-politicize the process.
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