Republican proposal in Missouri would abolish a demographer position and relegate political fairness and competitiveness in redistricting to bottom of the priority list, behind such criteria as compact and contiguous districts that keep communities intact.
If approved by the House and Senate, the newly proposed constitutional amendment would go before voters later this year, most likely during the November general election.
Neither the 2018 measure nor the new Republican proposal affects redistricting for the U.S. House, which would continue to be passed as a bill by state lawmakers subject to a gubernatorial veto. The new Republican proposal scraps the involvement of the nonpartisan demographer, lowers the priority of partisan fairness and allows a 15% difference in the partisan fairness calculation, which is large enough that some districts could be gerrymandered for partisan purposes.
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