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Maryland voters likely to decide congressional map
Maryland voters appear likely to get the final word on the state’s highly partisan and racially charged plan to redraw Maryland’s congressional districts.
The state’s Board of Elections reported on Wednesday that a Republican-led petition drive to force a referendum on the map narrowly passed the threshold of nearly 56,000 signatures needed to place the issue on the November ballot
Court challenges from Democrats are likely, but if the count holds, congressional redistricting would join same-sex marriage and the Dream Act as the third in a volatile trifecta of referenda on Maryland’s November ballot.
Redistricting lacks the emotion surrounding the state’s ballot questions on whether to legalize gay marriage, or to extend in-state tuition breaks to illegal immigrants. But analysts said the effort could draw limited national fundraising from groups focused on upending incumbents of all stripes, as well as from Republicans intent on maintaining control of Congress.
The state’s Board of Elections reported on Wednesday that a Republican-led petition drive to force a referendum on the map narrowly passed the threshold of nearly 56,000 signatures needed to place the issue on the November ballot
Court challenges from Democrats are likely, but if the count holds, congressional redistricting would join same-sex marriage and the Dream Act as the third in a volatile trifecta of referenda on Maryland’s November ballot.
Redistricting lacks the emotion surrounding the state’s ballot questions on whether to legalize gay marriage, or to extend in-state tuition breaks to illegal immigrants. But analysts said the effort could draw limited national fundraising from groups focused on upending incumbents of all stripes, as well as from Republicans intent on maintaining control of Congress.
Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/maryland-politics/post/md-voters-likely-to-decide-congressional-map/2012/07/11/gJQASWxidW_blog.html
Good!
Gerrymandering should always be considered unacceptable regardless of who controls the redistricting process.
