Sentences with phrase «county redistricting plans»
Even more troubling is the fact that the new county redistricting plans, which don't go into effect until 2014, have already been finalized, so any hope that the district could be redrawn to better serve the North Fork is lost.
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Farfaglia gave the county plan to a Washington D.C. lawyer known as a redistricting expert to review.
The lawyer, Jeffrey Wice, said Thursday he believes the county plan does not follow Municipal Home Rule Law, which states officials should «avoid splitting townships» when doing redistricting.
The Oswego County Legislature's redistricting committee worked on a plan to redistrict the 25 legislative districts to ensure they are all nearly equal in population.
The court - drawn redistricting plan changed all that, putting the entire new district inside the borders of Monroe County — a move seen as a boon to Brooks.
ALBANY — A federal appeals court on Tuesday backed a lower court's decision not to halt last year's County Legislature elections based on a lawsuit alleging voting rights violations in the county's redistrictingCounty Legislature elections based on a lawsuit alleging voting rights violations in the county's redistrictingcounty's redistricting plan.
A redistricting plan for Oswego County's 25 legislative districts is scheduled to be voted on at 2 p.m., but an alternative plan will also be submitted, which could complicate things.
The Senate GOP's redistricting plan clearly harms covered minority groups outside of the three counties (Kings, NY and The Bronx) covered by Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.
WAMC's David Guistina talks with Mike Spain of the Times Union about a federal investigation into payments made to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver by a small law firm and Albany County legislature rejecting a proposed settlement in a federal civil rights lawsuit about the county under representing minorities in the redistrictingCounty legislature rejecting a proposed settlement in a federal civil rights lawsuit about the county under representing minorities in the redistrictingcounty under representing minorities in the redistricting plan.
Ulster County's government shakeup and redistricting plan cut 10 legislators of 33 from the mix up in Kingston.
I am here today to respectfully ask on behalf of the people I serve that the redistricting plan that is adopted continue to include as much of Oneida County as possible, if not the entire county, within one Congressional District.&County as possible, if not the entire county, within one Congressional District.&county, within one Congressional District.»
One of the lesser - noticed aspects of state legislature's redistricting plan was that it shored up Bonilla's 23rd district by removing approximately 100,000 Hispanic voters living in Webb County, which includes Laredo, from the seat.
A 2011 lawsuit alleged that year's redistricting plan violated the 1965 Voting Rights Act by failing to create a fifth County Legislature district in which minority voters are a majority.