Re:North Carolina Is Ordered to Redraw Its Congressional Map
by dragonwriter on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @04:00PM
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That's a kind of odd use of “non-partisan”—both (a) and (b), actually, since (a) would allow a commission entirely of political appointees of the sitting governor, without in-law specification of partisan makeup, to be a “nonpartisan” commission, and (b) allows a commission where appointment is specifically slots by party and most seats assigned to the two major parties to be non-partisan.
But, yes, by that odd definition, the California system is non-partisan under (b).
California is listed as "Non-partisan; super-majority (majority of each group) needed", you can argue that Wiki is wrong about this, but thats the source I'm using.
Wiki further clarifies its use of "non partisan":
Non-partisan means that either, a) the partisan makeup of the commission is not specified beforehand, or b) a substantial portion (i.e. more than one) of the membership of the commission is reserved for political independents or members of so-called Third Parties.