https://wusfnews.wusf.usf.edu/politics- ... -districtsSo adjustments are needed, to craft districts roughly equal in population, while ensuring every citizen equal representation to the extent possible, and presumably without tilting the tables to favor one party or another.
Sadly, Gerry's legacy lives on in Florida.
As leaders of the dominant GOP begin this year's process in Tallahassee, guardians of electoral fairness and decency — the League of Women Voters and FairDistricts Now, among them — report that those running the show give every indication of returning to the backroom tactics that got them in trouble the last time around.
I'm guessing that the only 'fair' district will be the ones that give demoncraps the advantage?Now it’s up to Republican lawmakers overseeing the work to determine how far they believe state courts will let them go in crafting new lines that will include an extra congressional district. Past redistricting has spurred fierce legal fights as Republicans and Democrats jostled for political advantages.
In advance of the census data release, a coalition of groups held a webinar Wednesday to discuss efforts to ensure that the once-a-decade reapportionment remains a “transparent process” that follows anti-gerrymandering guidelines in the “Fair Districts” constitutional amendments approved by voters in 2010.
Lawsuits will abound until the demoncraps win.
Neither party will draw equitable districts.