Sentences with phrase «partisan redistricting plan»

Fried noted upon redistricting, «I will veto any partisan redistricting plan that is presented to me.

He signed the budget already instead of using his budgetary line item veto power on the partisan redistricting plan that was in the budget.

Samuels had hoped Cuomo, who, according to Ed Koch, recently reiterated his pledge to veto any partisan redistricting plans, would veto the money included in thie 2011 - 2012 budget deal for LATFOR, which essentially enables the continuation of the current (read: partisan) method of redrawing district lines.

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He gave up on a plan to require non partisan redistricting, settling instead for a constitutional amendment that will change redistricting in 10 years.

The district picks up republican voters under the special master's redistricting plan which is expected to be approved later this week, and is now expected to have a plus 7 in the Cook partisan voting rating.

This comes as Koch was in Albany to meet with Gov. Andrew Cuomo and received — according to the former mayor — the governor's reassurance that he will indeed veto any redistricting plan created in the traditional, partisan manner controlled directly by the Senate and Assembly.

Mr. Cuomo can improve the chances for real electoral reform by repeatedly reaffirming his vow to veto any redistricting plan «that reflects partisan gerrymandering.»

Democrats in the Senate said they have expected that the GOP majority would come up with an «abusively partisan» redistricting plan so they can keep their one - seat edge.

Lawsuits fighting partisan gerrymandering are pending around the country, and a census planned for 2020 is expected to trigger nationwide redistricting.

In January, a three - judge federal district court panel in North Carolina struck down that state's congressional redistricting plan because it was drawn by Republicans «motivated by invidious partisan intent,» according to the opinion.

In Gill v. Whitford, will the Supreme Court rule that any part of Wisconsin's redistricting plan is an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander?

Surprised the Florida Legislature didn't try this: Just as happened in Florida a few years ago, the state supreme court in Pennsylvania overturned a partisan, gerrymandered congressional redistricting plan and, after the Republican - led state legislature and the Democratic governor couldn't agree on a new one, the court drew one up and ordered it to be put in place.