LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Gov. Pete Ricketts has rejected an effort to overhaul Nebraska's process for drawing legislative and congressional districts.
Ricketts vetoed a bill Monday that would create an independent redistricting commission to draw the state's political boundaries. Ricketts says he cannot support handing the authority over to an "unconstitutional, unelected, and unaccountable" board.
Nebraska's current system requires a legislative committee to propose new maps once every decade, after the census. The process was criticized as overly partisan during the last redistricting in 2011.
The Legislature approved the measure by Republican Sen. John Murante of Gretna and Democratic Sen. Heath Mello of Omaha last week with a 29-15 vote.
Senators could override Ricketts' veto the final day of the session Wednesday. An override requires 30 votes.
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