A lawsuit that aims to speed up the redistricting of Maine's congressional districts is itself on a fast track, a panel of three federal judges said in Portland on Wednesday. If the lawsuit prevails, the congressional districts will be redrawn in 2012 - before the next congressional elections - rather than in 2013 as currently scheduled.
Jefferson County will be the only county in Missouri that is divided into three congressional districts. The congressional redistricting map was one of several bills that will greatly affect Jefferson County to be approved by the 96th General Assembly that ended May 13.
Gov. Martin O'Malley signed a redistricting plan Thursday that shifts congressional boundaries for thousands of Maryland residents, including parts of Pasadena, Glen Burnie, Severna Park and Arnold. During a signing ceremony with Senate President Thomas V. "Mike" Miller, Jr., House Speaker Michael E. Busch and Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown, the governor gave the final OK to legislation creating new districts for congressional elections based on the 2010 census.
A decision on the reshaping of West Virginia's three congressional districts could get lost in the holiday shuffle, as a three-judge panel is set to take up the case in one week. Judges will meet Dec. 27 to hear a complaint that state lawmakers violated the U.S. Constitution when they put several thousand more people into the 2nd Congressional District than the 1st and 3rd districts. The complaint also contends the 2nd is illegally oblong and covers an unnecessarily large geographic area.
California's state Assembly, Senate and congressional districts likely will change dramatically later this year. And on Friday, lawmakers will get at least an idea of what that changes might be. But while some analysts have suggested that new political districts - or just the idea of them - could make it easier for some Republicans to break party ranks and vote to approve Gov. Jerry Brown's state budget plan, local lawmakers say the preliminary maps to be released Friday won't make a difference.
California's Assembly, Senate and congressional districts likely will change dramatically later this year. And on Friday, lawmakers will get at least an idea of what those changes might be. But although some analysts have suggested that new political districts - or just the idea of them - could make it easier for some Republicans to break party ranks and vote to approve Gov. Jerry Brown's state budget plan, local lawmakers say the preliminary maps to be released Friday won't make a difference.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn approved new congressional districts Friday that will send 18 people to Capitol Hill - one fewer than the past decade. Quinn signed into law a new map for U.S. House districts, which lawmakers speedily approved last month shortly after its unveiling during the Memorial Day holiday.
Staff Writer Lancaster's Republican state House delegation railed for months against a proposal to split the county into two congressional districts, the apparent byproduct of a plan to shore up the re- election chances of a GOP congressman from suburban Philadelphia.
WASHINGTON, April 5, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Faith Family Freedom Fund, a political action committee associated with Family Research Council Action, launched a radio ad campaign in eight congressional districts today calling on Republican Members of the U.S. House of Representatives to vote for H.R. 3, the "No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act. This legislation would wipe the slate clean of government projects that force Americans to pay for abortions and abortion coverage.
A lawsuit filed by an unenrolled Maine voter who says the state's political parties have too much control over the redistricting process is unfounded, party officials and the governor's office say. Mike Turcotte, an independent from Bangor, filed the suit last week against Gov. Paul LePage. It charges that the rights of individuals enrolled in political parties supersede those of unenrolled voters because 14 of the 15 members of the Reapportionment Committee are registered Republicans or Democrats. That denies his right to "equal representation" under the U.S. Constitution, Turcotte argues.
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