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Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
Tue Apr 30, 2019, 03:07 PM Apr 2019

Missouri House Votes To Roll Back Redistricting Changes Approved By Voters In November

The Missouri House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly Monday to advance a joint resolution that would have voters decide whether to make changes to the redistricting process outlined by Amendment 1, otherwise known as Clean Missouri. Voters overwhelmingly approved the amendment last November.

The proposal would strip a provision calling for the appointment of a state demographer who would draw the maps instead of the current commission. It would also lessen the importance of partisan fairness and competitiveness as factors in drawing state legislative districts.

An Associated Press analysis found that the process could lead to more Democratic seats in the General Assembly.

The changes are in a bill that would also ban lobbyist gifts to lawmakers altogether, eliminating the $5 limit in Amendment 1.

https://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/missouri-house-votes-roll-back-redistricting-changes-approved-voters-november

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Missouri House Votes To Roll Back Redistricting Changes Approved By Voters In November (Original Post) Sherman A1 Apr 2019 OP
hope, hope this blows up in their face. Kurt V. Apr 2019 #1
Me too Sherman A1 Apr 2019 #2
so true. the will of the ppl means nothing to them, only big biz. Kurt V. Apr 2019 #3

Kurt V.

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3. so true. the will of the ppl means nothing to them, only big biz.
Tue Apr 30, 2019, 04:07 PM
Apr 2019

we've seen this movie over and over.

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