January 28, 2012
Rep. Andy Tobin: "I'm willing to let the voters tell me, 'No, I don't like this map, I'm voting no,' ... But you can't have that conversation with the IRC.'
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PHOENIX -- Arizona voters could get the last word on the political alignment of the state for the balance of the decade.House Speaker Andy Tobin has crafted his own maps for the state's 30 legislative and nine congressional districts. More to the point, he wants lawmakers to place those maps before voters at a special May 15 election, asking them to approve those -- and scrap the ones drawn by the Independent Redistricting Commission.