10/26/1983
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"I can't help but wonder if the time hasn't come to take reapportionment out of politics and have it done by a blue ribbon citizen committee."
"The reapportionment plan as it now stands effectively disenfranchises large numbers of California voters."
"Protecting the integrity of our electoral system and the voting franchise, I think, is of concern to all Americans."
"I'm signing petitions today that will place the issue of reapportionment before the voters of California."