Still more democratic than unelected bureaucrats, especially since they call themselves "non-partisan" but as evidenced by New York State are actually very partisan. If you're interested in the only actually, really, truly democratic and non-partisan solution to this whole issue, this is it: https://medium.com/non-violence/stakeholder-control-avoid-war-enable-peaceful-border-changes-thru-water-lines-as-objective-e85d6a882361