Senate and Assembly pass bill to create redistricting commission (A.2086 Silver/S.2107 Skelos)

By a vote of 43-20, the Senate approved the second passage of a constitutional amendment that would create a new body to oversee the redistricting process by 2022. The amendment will now be submitted to the public with final approval resting on voters in November 2014. The resolution amends the Constitution to reform the process and substantive criteria used to establish new state legislative and congressional district lines every 10 years.

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