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TexasTowelie

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Mon Apr 17, 2017, 07:58 PM Apr 2017

An effort to take politics out of redistricting in Delaware

The General Assembly is only a few steps away from handing over the job of drawing legislative districts to an independent commission.

Supporters, mostly Democrats, say the change would prevent politicians from holding onto power by manipulating the redistricting process.

"Voters should choose their elected officials; elected officials shouldn't choose their voters," said Sen. Bryan Townsend, D-Newark, who sponsored legislation to create the commission.

Townsend's bill passed the Senate on a 12-7 vote Wednesday. It still needs to pass a House committee, then the full House, before going to Gov. John Carney's desk.

Read more: http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/politics/2017/04/09/redistricting-could-taken-out-legislators-hands/100096908/

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