The U.S. Department of Justice sent word today that it saw no problems with the so-called Fair Districts constitutional amendments, which reduce lawmakers' power to draw voting districts.
The ruling doesn't stop a lawsuit aimed at blocking the state from implementing the voter-approved amendment. But it does cut the legs out of a Republican talking point that the changes, Amendments 5 and 6 on the 2010 ballot, could be harmful to minority districts: That's an issue the DOJ is required to consider because of a history of racial discrimination in the state.
Read the DOJ letter here.
If they happen to see no problems regarding Fair Districts constitutional amendments, then this could be a some kind of conclusion that they are favor on it.
Posted by: Dance Teaching Degree | December 08, 2011 at 10:25 PM
So, the first batch of reapportionment maps has plopped like so much brown-bagged waste on our collective kitchen table.
Posted by: Superannuation Trust of Australia | December 09, 2011 at 06:26 AM