Sentences with phrase «draw the district lines as»

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The map to the right depicts New York's congressional district lines as drawn following the 2010 United States Census.

The map to the right depicts Massachusetts» congressional district lines as drawn following the 2010 United States Census.

In the end, the lines drawn by a federal magistrate, which likely will be made official, leave Mr. Rangel's district largely as it has been.

«As we look forward to a vigorous political agenda for 2012, including a Presidential primary, a US Senate race, and newly drawn line for Congressional and legislative districts, this leadership team, along with our tremendous staff in Albany and New York City, ensures that our State Party is fully prepared to meet the challenges ahead,» Cox said.

When the lines for state Senate and state Assembly seats were unveiled last week, the drawn districts were widely criticized across the borough and viewed as breaking up communities and gerrymandering the districts to suit elected officials.

Political lines are being drawn as the Republican candidates battle for their party's nomination in New York's 27th Congressional district.

Suffolk Conservatives, whose ballot line can draw as much as 12 to 13 percent of the vote on Election Day, have endorsed Suffolk Police Commissioner Timothy Sini for district attorney this fall, county party chairman Frank Tinari said late Sunday.

Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 mandates that electoral district lines can not be drawn in such a manner as to «improperly dilute minorities» voting power.»

«As the state Constitution gives the Legislature the sole authority to draw district lines, the strongest plan would amend the constitution to establish a process that is truly fair, bipartisan and constitutionally sound.

The redistricting order, which came after the State Assembly and Senate gave up trying to draw new Congressional lines, reduced the number of districts in New York to 27 from 29, as was required as a result of the 2010 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».

Voters under 40 are twice as likely as their elders are to favor allowing illegal immigrants to vote, but they, too, draw the line at counting illegal immigrants when setting up legislative districts.

Before absentee ballots were counted — there were 459 in the district — incumbent Sarah Anker had 5,859 votes to Steven Tricarico's 5,858; Anker drew 88 votes on the WEP line while Tricarico received 87 as the Reform candidate.

In the Rockland County Legislature's 12th District, for example, the 2,064 votes Charles Falciglia drew on the Reform line not only surpassed the 975 he received as a Republican, but beat the aggregate 1,757 votes drawn by opponent Patsy Wooters on the Democratic, Green, Working Families and WEP lines.

The map to the right depicts Michigan's congressional district lines as drawn following the 2010 United States Census.

Iannece, a former Bronx assistant district attorney, also works within the newly drawn lines as an attorney in Fresh Meadows.

Twenty - two states expressly require that district lines be drawn to recognize communities of interest, such as social, cultural, ethnic, economic and racial similarities.

ALBANY — Even as Gov. Andrew Cuomo leveled a threat to veto new legislative district lines that legislators have drawn for themselves, he left himself open to a negotiated solution that would preserve their control over maps that will be in place for the next ten years.

One of the elected officials who appears on Espaillat's petitions as a member of his Committee to Fill Vacancies is Assemblyman Nelson Castro of the Bronx, whose district slightly overlaps with the newly drawn lines of the Rangel district.

The map to the right depicts Maryland's congressional district lines as drawn following the 2010 United States Census.

All 50 states use total population as their basis for drawing district lines, but the challengers said the rural state Senate districts in which they lived had vastly more eligible voters than urban districts, making their votes count for less, in violation of the Constitution.

ReShapeNY wants to see the new maps vetted by an «impartial» panel applying «a clear and objective set of criteria for drawing district lines and a public explanation as to how and why each individual district was drawn.»

Inter-district magnet schools in Connecticut provide a current example outside the scope of traditional school districts as to the way charters might draw students across district boundary lines to create high - quality, integrated schooling options.

According to the guidelines, districts must first try to use «race - neutral» approaches when deciding about student assignment to achieve diversity as well as for drawing school boundary lines.

We may only draw on the line of credit to cover district - wide expenses (such as payroll) when we have not received the revenue from the state or other sources to cover these expenses.

Greco's plan is intended to draw businesses and tourism back downtown by adding cultural attractions and connecting the area via streetcar lines to historic Tampa neighborhoods such as Tampa Heights, the Ybor City Latin Quarter, Harbour Island and the Channel District near the Port of Tampa.