OUR GUIDING VALUES

 

Fair districts must:

• Adhere to all Constitution and Voting Rights Act requirements.
• Compose districts that are equal in population as much as is possible.
• Ensure common communities are kept intact.
• Encourage geographical compactness.
• Not be drawn with partisan motivations for the purpose of favoring or discriminating against a political party or candidate.

 

Our redistricting reform would:

• Create an independent commission made up of citizens with autonomy over the redistricting process.
• Prohibit government officials, lobbyists, and their families from serving on the Commission.
• Establish criteria for fair geographic representation on the Commission. 
• Guarantee citizen’s rights to attend meetings, submit maps, documents, and testimonies during the redistricting process for the Commission to consider.
• Provide for clear criteria and standards to judge them by in the production of fair maps.
• Allow all Political Parties with ballot access, as determined by the Oklahoma Secretary of State, to have equal representation on the Commission.
• Require consensus from a majority of each Party represented on the Commission for the plan to pass. 
• Create a backup mechanism should the Commission fail to come to a consensus in a timely manner.
• Limit the Supreme Court’s original jurisdiction to remedy only the specific violation alleged by members of the Commission or Citizens.