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Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Len Lazarick - MarylandReporter.com: Hurricane impacts redistricting hearings


Hurricane impacts redistricting hearings


September 01, 2011
Maryland congressional districts
This map from the Department of Planning shows population growth during the last decade in the state's eight current congressional districts.
Former Delegate Jim King put on a suit and tie for the redistricting hearings in Annapolis and Columbia Tuesday.

http://marylandreporter.com/2011/09/01/hurricane-impacts-redistricting-hearings/

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In both venues, more Republicans than Democrats chose to testify, perhaps because they recognized that redistricting in Maryland has tended to hurt Republicans and favor Democrats.

The five-member advisory committee appointed by O’Malley is chaired by his patronage chief Jeanne Hitchcock and includes Senate President Mike Miller, House Speaker Mike Busch, and Richard Stewart, a businessman who chaired the governor’s reelection campaign in Prince George’s County. All are Democrats except for King.

They are supposed to recommend a congressional redistricting map in September and a legislative redistricting map in December. There will be a special session of the General Assembly in October to enact the congressional map.

The Annapolis hearing kicked off with a harangue from Brian Griffiths, president of the Maryland Young Republicans, who complained about the hearing’s timing and called the current congressional district maps “disgraceful.”

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http://marylandreporter.com/2011/09/01/hurricane-impacts-redistricting-hearings/

–Len Lazarick

Read more: http://marylandreporter.com/2011/09/01/hurricane-impacts-redistricting-hearings/#ixzz1XtgdR0Za 
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