Sentences with phrase «drew district lines after»

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

In addition to their fundraising advantages noted above, legislators in 2012 drew district lines that largely preserve their hold on power - a process likely to be repeated after the 2020 Census.

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».

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

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