Sentences with phrase «change legislative district lines»
The governor was criticized for using messages of necessity, long a staple of backroom deal - making at the Capitol, when he brokered agreements to reduce pension benefits for new public employees and change legislative district lines.
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Government reform groups are split over whether an amendment on the November ballot to change the way legislative district lines are drawn is an improvement, or will make only make gerrymandering worse.
Proposition 1 asked voters to instead establish a commission to redraw legislative and congressional district lines, as required by the federal government to account for population changes every 10 years.
The U.S. Supreme Court is considering a challenge to how legislative districts are drawn that could lead to changes to how lines are drawn in the future.
On the panel since 2013, his district included Shelter Island until this year when legislative district lines were changed.
But the third question will likely be the most contentious: Changes in New York State's process for drawing legislative district lines.
The proposed changes — including the creation of a new Senate district in the Albany area — will be part of the once - a-decade redrawing of legislative district lines, which both houses of the Legislature will unveil Wednesday.
If approved: The constitutional amendment would establish a commission to redraw legislative and congressional district lines, as required by the federal government to account for population changes every 10 years.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has decided to make nonpartisan redistricting reform the first focus of his push to change politics at the Capitol, announcing a bill that would establish a nonpartisan commission to redraw state legislative and congressional district lines.
City Councilman Jumaane Williams and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio said they were distressed by a flurry of complaints from voters during Thursday's state legislative primaries, stemming mainly from voter confusion over poll site changes after district lines were redrawn earlier this year.