Sentences with phrase «drawing legislative district lines»

But the third question will likely be the most contentious: Changes in New York State's process for drawing legislative district lines.

Planned Parenthood is supporting Clean Missouri, a non-partisan effort to reform our democracy by banning big lobbyist gifts, capping campaign contributions, and improving the way we draw legislative district lines.

Not exact matches

I'm referring exclusively to the lines for legislative districts, because state lawmakers don't directly benefit from the way congressional lines are drawn.

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.

Another question focused on the upcoming redistricting of legislative district lines and who should help draw them.

«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.

The state legislature draws state legislative district lines with the assistance of an advisory commission.

The Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission is responsible for drawing both congressional and state legislative district lines.

Voters like the idea (69 - 20) of an independent redistricting commission of the sort being pushed by former NYC Mayor Ed Koch and his NY Uprising PAC and believe (71 - 14) taking the power of drawing legislative and congressional district lines would make for more competitive elections in the future.

District lines drawn after the census this year will help shape the outcome of future legislative and Congressional races.

The Alabama State Legislature is responsible for drawing both congressional and state legislative district lines.

In seven states, politician commissions draw state legislative district lines.

If approved by voters those propositions will: 1) Create a redistricting commission to draw the new state legislative and House of Representatives» district lines every 10 years, with the commission members appointed by the state legislative leaders, 2) amend the current constitutional requirement of distributing paper versions of proposed bills to state legislators to allow for electronic distribution and 3) authorize New York State to borrow up to $ 2 billion for school funding, with a stated purpose of «improving learning and opportunity for public and nonpublic school students», including the purchase of equipment, expanding school broadband access, building classrooms for pre-K and replacing trailers and installing «high - tech security features.»

«Drawing new legislative and congressional district lines will be high on Albany's 2012 agenda.

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.

The governor was not able to deliver on his push for campaign finance reform or for legislative district lines being drawn through an independent process.

Legislative leaders are crafting a constitutional amendment to create a bi partisan panel to draw new legislative and congressional district lines after the next censLegislative leaders are crafting a constitutional amendment to create a bi partisan panel to draw new legislative and congressional district lines after the next censlegislative and congressional district lines after the next census in 2020.

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.

This process will take time since not only are new legislative districts being drawn, but also new election districts must be drawn to reflect these new legislative lines.

There are three ballot propositions on the November ballot: 1) Creation of a redistricting commission to draw the new state legislative and House of Representatives» district lines every 10 years, with the commission members appointed by the state legislative leaders, 2) amend the current constitutional requirement of distributing paper versions of proposed bills to state legislators to allow for electronic distribution and 3) authorize New York State to borrow up to $ 2 billion for school funding, with a stated purpose of «improving learning and opportunity for public and nonpublic school students», including the purchase of equipment, expanding school broadband access, building classrooms for pre-K and replacing trailers and installing «high - tech security features.»

She said because the county has independent redistricting, which requires that new legislative district lines be drawn after every census, term limits are unnecessary.

Meanwhile, lawyers for the legislative leaders filed papers asking a federal three - judge panel to hold off on appointing a special master to draw the state and congressional district lines instead of the Legislature.

Next time you run into a reapportionment guru who draws lines for invincible legislative districts, you can extend your sincere thanks.

In Oregon, congressional and state legislative district lines are drawn by the state legislature.

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.

The bill — which passed the House 87 - 51 and the Senate 30 - 16 — sought to establish an independent redistricting panel that would be responsible for drawing the boundary lines for congressional and state legislative districts in Maryland.

The New York People's Convention, a group funded heavily by Bill Samuels, a New York City businessman and promoter over the years of everything from improving how congressional and legislative district lines are drawn to term limits, has raised — and spent — $ 251,000 on a Proposal 1 yes effort.

Cho measures how closely a state's existing legislative districts line up with billions of non-partisan maps drawn by her supercomputing cluster.