A ballot initiative to create an “independent” redistricting commission was “blatantly designed to perpetuate legislative and political control of the redistricting process,” according to a lawsuit filed in Albany last week.
Leib v. Walsh, 4275-14, filed in Supreme Court, challenges language chosen by the state Board of Elections to describe a proposed amendment to the state constitution. The proposition, slated to go before voters in November, establishes a commission to redraw legislative lines every 10 years.
