"District lines" refer to boundaries or lines that separate different districts or areas within a larger region or city. They help identify and define specific sections or neighborhoods.
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This process establishes congressional and legislative
district lines in many states, which can influence the competitiveness of those elections in favor of one political party or another until the following census in 2030.
On top of being an election year,
district lines for state and federal offices must be finalized in the beginning of the year — a process that will surely face court challenges.
Think about kids attending schools
across district lines, charter schools, or virtual schools that may operate statewide or in multiple states.
It can change
school district lines within the town or take other actions that will eliminate the imbalance.
The legislature would then be free to go back to drawing its
own district lines, with some restrictions.
The problem is that I don't think you can actually do that because there are member items that span
council district lines, there are member items that are shared by council members.
He proposed a series of policy reforms involving the state's budget, public employee pensions, the drawing of
political district lines, and education.
The courts can change
district lines only if it's determined they violate the federal voting rights act.
This pilot crossed
numerous district lines and required significant instructional change, yet the mostly rural teachers and administrators who participated readily adjusted.
It seems to me that wealthy neighborhoods are
using district lines to leverage themselves against demographic shifts.
Typically, these open enrollment options still allow public schools to give enrollment preference to students within their
assigned district lines.
When the
new district lines were approved last year, the party appeared to have an opportunity to pick up a half - dozen seats.
Choice is managed to support racial / ethnic and economic integration, both within and
across district lines.
One can envision a lawsuit arguing that
school district lines and attendance zones that result in high - poverty schools are denying poor children their right to equal educational opportunity.
ICYMI: Rep. Anthony Weiner told me during a CapTon interview last Friday that he is perfectly comfortable seeing the responsibility of
redrawing district lines remain in the hands of elected officials, insisting politicians can be fair and balanced in this instance.
The map to the right depicts New York's congressional
district lines as drawn following the 2010 United States Census.
In a time of political gridlock and heated partisan rhetoric, our multi-racial effort to reach consensus
on district lines should be viewed as a model for cooperation in our diverse city.
Mr. Romaine (R - Center Moriches), who represents the 1st Legislative District, said county Democrats have proposed new
district lines after a nonpartisan redistricting commission failed to meet its February deadline.
Paterson says he supports a nonpartisan redrawing
of district lines based on the results of this year's census.
First, they were permitted to draw the new
Senate district lines in a manner widely viewed as favorable to the GOP, after Governor Andrew Cuomo backed off on a threat to veto what he said were «hyper political, hyper partisan lines».
I had a conversation with a sweet old lady as we sat waiting for the
next District Line train, shivering from our covered heads to toes.
Meanwhile, Common Cause / NY is also out with a statement pushing for Gov. Andrew Cuomo to
veto district lines rather than to come to a deal.
The Vermont House is expected to be the scene of some heated debate Tuesday over a plan to redraw legislative district, with a focus on
where district lines should be drawn in the city of Burlington.
Later, when Avella charged that Senate Republicans «have done something absolutely disgraceful» in
gerrymandering district lines to protect their majority, Nozzolio fired back.
He lost a tight race for Congress against longtime Democratic Rep. Maurice Hinchey in 2010,
before district lines were redrawn.
And with a sold out MakeupbyMandy24 Signature Eyeshadow Palette (a collab she did last year with BH Cosmetics) and a thriving branded merchandise business in conjunction
with District Lines, the California teen is proving that she is a force to be reckoned with.
Updated 11:20 a.m. The Supreme Court upheld Arizona's congressional map Monday, declaring in a 5 - 4 ruling the use of an independent redistricting commission that drew
House district lines in the 2012 cycle did not violate the Constitution.
Clearly leaving the door open for a settlement, Cuomo said a veto can be averted
if district lines are redrawn more fairly and reforms for the future are put in place by lawmakers.
But the same could have once been said of charter schools and voluntary busing programs that do not require
redrawn district lines.
The site's a lot of fun for researchers and political junkies to play with, and the statistical analyses provide a nice confirmation of what an eyeball survey will often tell you right away — when
district lines look funny, they probably are.
Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson told good government advocates this afternoon that he will let a bill to establish a nonpartisan commission to draw lawmakers»
district lines come to the floor for a full - house vote, although he refused to say if he would personally support the measure.
Late in the day, the New York Public Interest Research Group also came out against the legislature's bills, saying, in a statement, «We can not say with confidence that it will lead to a better product in the form of
fairer district lines».
Susan Lerner, executive director of the good - government group Common Cause, said it's hard to judge whether the percentage is abnormally high, particularly
because district lines have just shifted.
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