Most of the nation’s large-population states are having difficulty completing the redistricting process in time for the 2012 election. Among those states is California, which has an independent redistricting commission. Republican activists filed a referendum petition against the State Senate districts drawn by the commission. However, according to this story, the validity of the referendum petition won’t be established until mid-March 2012, after the process for candidates to file for the primary ballot has begun.
Proponents of the referendum petition say the new boundaries should not be implemented, even if the referendum petition’s validity hasn’t yet been determined. Proponents of the current boundaries disagree.