Sentences with phrase «redraw election district lines»

(AP) The lengthy process to redraw election district lines in New York that will guide politics for the next decade is expected to get longer.

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Also, the Republican reign in North Carolina will likely be coming to an end soon as they've been ordered to redraw district lines and hold a special election next year.

Queens Democratic leader Joe Crowley, who will pick the party's nominee for the Sept. 13 special election, is anxious to carve up Weiner's former territory when state lawmakers redraw district lines in 2012 to reduce New York's congressional delegation by two.

Hinchey's mid-Hudson Valley district is likely to be carved up by the state legislators in charge of redrawing legislative lines for this year's elections.

The jurisdictions identified by the Section 4 formula were required to seek federal approval — or pre-clearance — when seeking to make changes to practices or policies affecting voters, such as redrawing district lines or changing polling sites during an election.

A three - judge panel of a federal court ordered the North Carolina legislature to redraw their district lines and hold a new election next year.