New York voters approve Proposal 1 by 57.7%, creating bipartisan redistricting commission and banning partisan gerrymandering in state constitution

New York voters ratified a constitutional amendment on Nov. 4, 2014, creating the 10-member bipartisan Independent Redistricting Commission and embedding anti-gerrymandering criteria directly into the state constitution. Proposal 1 passed 57.7-to-42.3%. The legislature had passed the amendment in two successive sessions — 2012 and 2013 — satisfying the requirement before placing it on the ballot. Gov. Andrew Cuomo called it a permanent end to self-interested partisan gerrymandering.