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Redistricting reform pushed ahead of Census
Loading ...A practice in many U.S. states of allowing legislatures to redraw voting district lines to keep pace with population shifts allows politicians to hold onto power artificially, government watchdog groups say.
Bills have been introduced in several such states to create independent commissions to oversee redistricting instead, beginning in 2011 after the once-a-decade U.S. census count.
“American democracy has an incumbent-protection plan,” said New York Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries, the sponsor of such a bill. “The redistricting process often undermines the ability of outsiders to effectively compete for political office.
“If you draw the lines right, you can do a really good job of locking in power for the course of a decade,” he said.
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