Adams v. Commission on Appellate Court Appointments

OPINION

BALES, Justice.

¶ 1 This special action challenges the qualifications of three nominees to the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission. On January 19, 2011, we issued an order accepting jurisdiction and granting relief in part, stating that a written opinion would follow. This is that opinion.

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¶ 2 In 2000, the voters approved Proposition 106, which amended the Arizona Constitution to require that a five-member Independent Redistricting Commission (“IRC”) draw boundaries for congressional and state legislative districts after every decennial census. The IRC must be constituted by…