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2013/05/17 20:01
2013/05/17 20:01
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... older members to exit the state’s congressional delegation. Last year’s induction of an independent redistricting committee and a jungle primary system in which the top two finishers in an...
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2013/05/16 15:47
2013/05/16 15:47
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... editor: I am writing this in support of Marcy Kaplan who is running for Sharon School Committee. As a former school committee member, I know first hand the challenges faced by the school...
2013/05/16 03:13
2013/05/16 03:13
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... whose residents have little in common, well, too bad. The constitutional purpose of redistricting is to adjust legislative boundaries to reflect population shifts as measured by the...
2013/05/13 10:53
2013/05/13 10:53
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... billboard companies, healthcare interests and others have spent $900,000 on unlimited "independent expenditures" for state Sen. Curren Price (D-Los Angeles), the most of any candidate in...
2013/05/10 05:39
2013/05/10 05:39
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... opinion for the court, Chief Justice Ronald Castille said seeking political advantage through redistricting is allowable under the state constitution — it just can’t go too far. It’s permissible...
2013/05/08 16:58
2013/05/08 16:58
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... of this cycle’s top 10 House rematches.) The National Republican Congressional Committee has recruited him to run again in the district north of Chicago. “No one works harder for...
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2013/05/08 05:39
2013/05/08 05:39
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Republican Bill Thomas of Haines, was a four-term incumbent and co-chair of the House Finance Committee. Close elections are common in Alaska, but the April 22nd issue of The Nation calls...
2013/05/06 05:47
2013/05/06 05:47
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... totally against communities. It is about dictating policy from Raleigh.” The argument over redistricting, typically happening every 10 years, has been resurrected. The Senate passed a bill in...
2013/05/06 02:22
2013/05/06 02:22
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A study commissioned by a good-government group documents the unsurprising finding that redistricting in North Carolina has long been used by the party in power to disenfranchise voters who don’t...
2013/05/02 03:06
2013/05/02 03:06
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... moderate than the bill that made it through the Ohio House Finance and Appropriations Committee on April 16. Before it was amended through a final round of votes in the Ohio House, the...
2013/05/01 10:22
2013/05/01 10:22
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... tax. Samuelson was one of four co-sponsors, but the one who explained the bill in committees and on the floor. Lobbyist Connie Wilson, a former legislator, calls her a “mediation...
2013/04/30 23:31
2013/04/30 23:31
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Amy Tresidder (16th District) and Doug Malone (20th District) announced plans to have the redistricting plan declared illegal. Dan Farfaglia of the 24th legislative district announces...
2013/04/30 20:58
2013/04/30 20:58
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Jones, 50, Reidsville: Elected as Independent, turned Republican in 2011; chairs Health and Human Services committee, co-sponsored...
2013/04/28 06:49
2013/04/28 06:49
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... the nearly $245,000 that Leon has raised. Leon also has no financial support from the independent expenditure committee that are becoming an increasingly important - if not universally...
2013/04/25 09:50
2013/04/25 09:50
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... 26 Republicans to seven Democrats in the state Senate; 71 Republicans to 27 Democrats and one independent in the House. The roles are now reversed in the legislature, and it is the Democrats...
2013/04/25 04:55
2013/04/25 04:55
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... the House of Representatives for a final vote of approval before they can be signed into law by Independent Gov. Lincoln Chafee, a strong supporter of marriage equality. The Democratic-dominated...
2013/04/24 15:21
2013/04/24 15:21
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... moderate than the bill that made it through the Ohio House Finance and Appropriations Committee on April 16. Before it was amended through a final round of votes in the Ohio House, the...
2013/04/23 02:59
2013/04/23 02:59
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... drew up new legislative and congressional districts following the 2010 Census. The Independent Redistricting Commission is the subject of several lawsuits challenging how it drew the...
2013/04/22 17:02
2013/04/22 17:02
25d
... parties have crafted a bill to take the politics out of legislative and congressional redistricting. Alas, the drawback is that we may have to wait until 2022 — five legislative...
2013/04/21 08:03
2013/04/21 08:03
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... had hoped. And it ended with a little tit-for-tat as two prized bills, SB 780, a judicial redistricting bill pushed by Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey (R-Blountville), and the statewide charter school...