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PolitiFact California: Nothing Inflated In Arnold Schwarznegger’s Claim On Gerrymandering

PolitiFact California looks at claims made by elected officials, candidates and groups and rates them as: True, Mostly True, Half True, Mostly False, False and Pants On Fire. Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger wont be back to host The New Celebrity Apprentice. He also recently squashed rumors he might run for U.S. Senate. That doesnt mean, however, that the bodybuilder-turned-movie-star-turned-politician plans to fade quietly into the Hollywood sunset. Schwarzeneggers next adventure is tackling what he calls Americas rigged political redistricting system. “Gerrymandering has created an absurd reality where politicians now pick their voters instead of the voters picking their politicians,” Schwarzenegger, a Republican, said in a recent video . He cites reforms in California as a model for the nation: In 2008, voters in the state approved a bipartisan Citizens Redistricting Commission , which has been credited for drawing district boundaries in a way thats made some state and
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