The proposed amendment

The redistricting amendment to be on the May primary ballot:

Alters the current redistricting process, which requires no minority-party support and has few rules that mapmakers must follow, giving the majority party the ability to gerrymander districts.

Prohibits splitting 65 counties, while allowing 18 counties to be split once and five to be split twice.

Would require two public hearings on a proposed map and allow the public to submit maps.

Requires 50 percent of the minority party in each legislative chamber to approve a map for 10 years.

Sets up a multi-step process if the legislature is unable to come to a bipartisan agreement. A seven-member commission consisting of the governor, auditor, secretary of state and four lawmakers would be created. A 10-year map would require at least two minority-party votes.

Provides that if the multi-step process fails, the process goes back to the legislature, where it would require a three-fifths vote in each chamber, including one-third of each minority caucus, to pass a 10-year map.

Stipulates that if there's still no deal, the majority can draw a four-year map on its own, but with prohibitions against several acts — "unduly" splitting counties and other jurisdictions, drawing a district that favors or disfavors a party, or drawing districts to favor incumbents. That process also would require the majority to formally justify why it decided to draw each district.

Says that any approved map would be subject to a governor’s veto, or a referendum that attempts to invalidate it.