LINCOLN — Supporters of a bill that would change how congressional and legislative districts are drawn won’t try to overturn a veto by Governor Ricketts.
The plug was pulled on a measure 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 “unconstitutional, unelected and unaccountable” board. The Nebraska Republican Party supported the veto.
Senators would have needed 30 votes to override. The bill passed with 29 last week.
