Democrats have finalized their plans for a state constitutional amendment to change New York’s redistricting process — joining a national battle over drawing congressional boundaries.
The changes would enable Democrats to shift as many as four Republican-held House seats to their column in the 26-member delegation — giving the party a slight edge in a state with several swing districts.
According to a memo summarizing the plan reviewed by POLITICO, the amendment would remove the state constitution’s prohibition on mid-decade changes, let Democrats approve maps with a simple majority vote, and delete a prohibition on maps drawn to benefit political parties.
they shouldve been doing it decades ago, when REPUBLICANS were gaining power through it, its a little too late for the dnc to finally do it, they were complacent that they will get elected just by the fact that GOP always screws up one election cycle. they probably realized they are going to lose more elections either to republicans, or to more “leftists” candidates because people are getting frustated with the DNC for doing nothing, which they often dont since they are mostly controlled opposition.