Sentences with word «reapportionment»

In 2001, Ahmad testified before a state task force on reapportionment of political districts, identifying himself as president of the New York New Concept Democratic Club.

The League's Rochester area chapter president Katharine Smith will be testifying before the legislature's own Legislative Task Force on Reapportionment on February 15.

The chairman of the New York Republican Party, Ed Cox, called the loss of two seats in reapportionment evidence that the heavily Democratic state was a «shrinking empire,» marked by «policies that drive people from our borders.»

Aldermen had the luxury of time, a factor now figured into the county reapportionment process after the next census.

On December 21, 2010, the Census Bureau released the United States population count and congressional reapportionment data for each state.

Locals are still holding out hope for an «Ulster County» congressional district, or at least one where Ulster isn't divided six ways to Sunday when House of Representatives reapportionment plans are presented next month.

The first meeting of the Chautauqua County Reapportionment commission has now been scheduled.

But there's growing concern the state Legislative Reapportionment Commission will not have enough time to pass new maps.

The plan for reapportionment of the state legislature the solons came up with was immediately rejected by Cuomo and good government groups as blatantly self - serving.

A few years ago he served on a committee that oversaw legislative reapportionment in Ulster County.

Adding to the uncertainty is the fact that Florida will gain two more congressional districts after reapportionment, meaning it will have a whopping 27 members of Congress.

The state legislature, which is charged with reapportionment, isn't expected to complete congressional redistricting until mid-March.

New York could lose as many as two congressional districts in the 2022 round of reapportionment due to population loss.

The 23 - district single - member reapportionment plan approved by the Ulster County Legislature and signed into law by county executive Mike Hein

You are right on the mark about reapportionment.

change process and criteria for redrawing state legislative districts during reapportionment;

Mayor Koch wants non-partisan reapportionment.

Preliminary and highly partisan plans for state reapportionment were released a few weeks ago.

With the understanding that reapportionment as a public - interest issue ranks somewhere between trimming nose hairs and picking feet, let's cut to the chase.

The disparity between the top vote - getters and the successful bottom - feeders, which reapportionment was supposed to assuage, was striking.

State Assemblyman Fred Thiele (I - Sag Harbor) could become Southold and Shelter Island's new representative in the State Assembly, if a redistricting proposal released today by the New York State Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment takes effect.

The folks who've been trying to take electoral reapportionment out of the hands of pols interested only in electing themselves and their buddies are trying a different approach.

«But my issue is: The Republicans who signed onto this, they had an opportunity for the last 44 years — four decades now — to do reapportionment.

By a citizen referendum approving the measure, the Legislature was reduced to 11 members in November 2010, with that Legislature reapportionment and number taking effect January 1, 2012.

A state body called the Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment released redrawn political boundaries last week as part of a process that happens every 10 years to accommodate population growth.

But that would be tougher to repeat in 2020, Ballard says, with a Democratic governor who would also have veto power in 2022 over reapportionment for congressional seats.

It does seem that in most cities — a few great metropolises excepted — much positive reapportionment has occurred.

Last week, The Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment confirmed the district lines to be drawn for the next round of redistricting would include a 63rd seat.

He never did anything about it when it involved reapportionment of the City Council.

U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman discusses reapportionment, congressional collegiality and the Iranian nuclear program during a conversation at TimesLedger Newspapers» office.

The state Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment maintains a large and expensive staff, despite being publicly silent since New York's last redistricting ended in 2012 and no longer having the power to draw district lines.

Congressman Gary Ackerman saw his district split in two under the new reapportionment maps released, but in a statement released today put on his best game face.

However, in the election following reapportionment, some senators are elected to two - year terms, in order to maintain staggered terms among the senators.

Unlike the county, city aldermen completed reapportionment of the common council with little fanfare, and they say, only minor changes.

And even if legislators retire, die or go to jail, the seats they held almost always go to the party that created them through a partisan reapportionment process.

The legislature is having a special meeting this afternoon to take action on several items, including two separate reapportionment... [Read more...]

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Quietly posted on the Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment website is the confirmed plans to increase the size of the state Senate to 63.

Assemblyman Losquadro and other North Fork elected officials are encouraging residents to voice their concerns at a Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment public hearing at 11 a.m. next Thursday, February 9 at the W.H. Rogers Legislative Office Building in Happauge.

U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman (D - Bayside) said he believes that when the state legislative task force on reapportionment??

@zibadawatimmy - Following the Alaska / Hawaii precedent, there would be one extra Representative for each admitted territory until the next census reapportionment.

Not surprisingly, former NYC Mayor Ed Koch is not buying the Senate Republicans» argument that passing Sen. Jon Bonacic's constitutional amendment bill to create a five - member nonpartisan reapportionment commission satisfies their campaign - year pledge to reform the redistricting process.

According to new Census Bureau estimates, tt's likely that New York will lose one of its 27 congressional seats in the 2022 reapportionment because its small growth in population hasn't kept pace with the nation as a whole.

Democrats would likely point to the lack of independent reapportionment in states that result in a lack of a competitive general election, but produce the most ideologically extreme nominee in the primary.

The one person one vote is covered in the House of Representatives, where reapportionment is done based upon the Census.

I believe that Norwegian system of reapportionment avoids both prongs of this definition of gerrymandering.