By Jeremy Duda | Arizona Mirror
For the first time in more than a year, the nominating panel that vets candidates for the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission has Democratic members after Gov. Doug Ducey filled a handful of vacancies.
The Arizona Constitution states that the Commission on Appellate Court Appointments must reflect “the diversity of Arizona’s population,” a requirement that Democrats say Ducey has ignored for more than a year, a period in which the commission had no Democrats and only one non-white member.
Ducey at least partially remedied that situation on Friday when he named six new members to the commission:
