California GOP to Challenge Legislative Maps

Just hours after a citizens commission approved new legislative maps for California, state Republican leaders began an effort to get them tossed. Tom Del Beccaro, chairman of the California Republican Party, released a statement Monday afternoon that he supports a referendum on the state Senate boundaries and possibly the congressional lines.

"The California Republican Party will wholeheartedly support those efforts when they come about," Del Beccaro said. "I have been saying for months that the [Citizens Redistricting Commission's] actions have been unfair if not unconstitutional, and that remains the case. The CRP will do whatever it can to give voters the chance to correct what the commission failed to do."

The Los Angeles Times reported that Republican activists and lawmakers had formed a committee to launch a petition drive to get the referendum on the ballot.

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