Jeanne Bonner wrote for GPB News 23 November 2011,

Redistricting Map Review Underway

Georgians have until Dec. 23 to comment on new state and congressional
district maps. The U.S. Department of Justice is in the midst of its 60
day-review of the maps. Voter advocate groups say this may be the last
chance to comment before the maps go into effect for a decade.

…

Elizabeth Poythress, president of the League of Women Voters of Georgia,
says the Justice Department is eager to receive citizen comment.

“We’re just encouraging people to take the advantage they have

as citizens to have their voices heard, and if the maps don’t look as
they think they should look, they should make that comment,“
she said. ”If they agree with them, they should make that
comment.”

Poythress says this round of redistricting was different for several
reasons.

“This is the first redistricting process that we’ve gone through
that hasn’t been done by the Carl Vinson Institute, which was independent
of politics,” she said. “And I think that’s another reason citizens
really need to look at the maps and see if they really go with what they
think their communities look like.”

The current maps include
a green tongue extending just far enough into Lowndes County

so Jack Kingston can lap up Moody AFB.

So what can you do?

Georgians can comment on the maps by calling the Justice Department at
1-800-253-3931 or by sending an email to vot1973c@usdoj.gov and writing
“Georgia Redistricting” in the subject field.

-jsq