LINCOLN — An effort to overhaul how Nebraska draws legislative and congressional districts has hit a road block.
Governor Ricketts vetoed a bill that would create an independent redistricting commission to draw the state’s political boundaries.
Nebraska’s current system requires a legislative committee to propose new maps every decade, after the census. This process was criticized as overly partisan during the last redistricting in 2011.
Ricketts said he could not support a quote “unconstitutional, unelected and unaccountable” board. Senators can override the veto with 30 votes. The bill passed with 29 last week.
