Oklahoma's legislative districts are redrawn once a decade by the same officials who are elected to those seats — a process that a new group supported by former Democratic Gov. David Walters wants to change.

The group, Represent Oklahoma, is planning to gather signatures this year for a new law creating an independent redistricting commission. Although the proposal's language isn't finalized, campaign manager Rico Smith said the commission would include members of all Oklahoma political parties with access to the ballot.

That, Smith said, would help end the creation of "questionable drawing of lines" that favor one party over another, a political tactic known as gerrymandering. Even then, he said the campaign won't be one interested in helping elect more Democrats to the Oklahoma Legislature.

"Republicans enjoy a pretty significant registration advantage over any other party in Oklahoma. There are still going to be districts that have majority Republicans just like there are districts with majority Democrats in them," Smith said. "No party is going to have any more say on the redistricting process than any other party."