GOP To Seek Redistricting Referendum
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- California Republican Party Chairman Tom Del Beccaro says the party will file a petition on Tuesday seeking a referendum to overturn newly approved state Senate districts.
Del Beccaro told The Associated Press on Monday that the party will submit ballot language to the secretary of state's office.
Political consultant Dave Gilliard has been hired to run the referendum campaign. He says the group will need to collect about 505,000 valid signatures to qualify the measure for the June 2012 ballot.
The independent citizens redistricting commission, which was created by voters, approved California's new congressional and legislative maps on Monday.
Del Beccaro said a separate group plans to file a lawsuit claiming that the Senate district covering the central coastal region now represented by GOP Sen. Sam Blakeslee is unconstitutional.
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