I got redistricted into LCBOE District 1,
and Districts 1, 2, and 3 are all up for election,
with 1 and 2 contested.
If, like me, you can’t tell which district you’re in or who’s
running without a map and a list,
see the list Gretchen drew up.
-jsq
Tag Archives: redistricting
F for Georgia state integrity
Worst of all fifty states; worse than South Carolina and worse than Michigan:
that’s why
Georgia’s gets an F
on its corruption risk report card from
State Integrity Investigation.
Gov. Nathan Deal did
just sign an ethics bill,
but as William Perry, executive director of Common Cause Georgia says,
“It’s like you’re starving for a meal and somebody gave you a saltine cracker.
It’s chock full of loopholes.”
I wonder if this lack of ethics in state government has anything to do with widespread rural poverty in Georgia?
-jsq
Last call for Georgia redistricting comments
Jeanne Bonner wrote for GPB News 23 November 2011,
Redistricting Map Review Underway
Continue readingGeorgians 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.
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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
GALEO objects to redistricting time limit and district splitting
Jane Osborn submitted a press release dated yesterday from
GALEO;
excerpts are below. -jsq
…Continue reading
From 2000 to 2010, the Latino population nearly doubled. It grew from 435,227 to 853,689. This increase accounted for 28% of the state’s total population growth. Georgia’s ten largest counties are home to over half of the Latino population, with 19% of the total Latino population residing in Gwinnett County. Other areas including Cobb County, Hall County, and Whitfield County also had significant increases in Latino population growth.
To begin with, I would like to object to the fact that we were only allowed one minute to provide testimony as reaction to the proposed Georgia Legislative maps for redistricting. I believe this was a violation of the principles set forth by the committee to ensure there was adequate time for response from community members. Obviously, the room was packed and lots of people wanted their opportunity to provide feedback and reaction to the proposed legislative maps. The one minute time limit severely limited the opportunity for that feedback and limited severely the opportunity for public reaction and analysis of the proposed maps.
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Because of the anti-Latino environment that is clear with some elected
Redistricting meeting tonight, and videos so far
Remember
the redistricing meeting tonight,
5-7PM Tuesday 24 May 2011 in the Brooks Hall Conference Center of Wiregrass Georgia Technical College.
Videos of all the redistricting meetings are going up
on legis.ga.gov
shortly after they are taken.
The one from
Savannah
is up now.
Those are the videos taken by the reapportionment committee itself. Any videos LAKE takes will go on YouTube as usual.
-jsq
PS: Location of the videos so far owed to RJ Hadley.
Congressional redistricting meeting for Georgia in Valdosta
According to the Moultrie Observer,
Redistricting meeting set for Valdosta:
A joint meeting of the House and Senate Legislative and Congressional Reapportionment committees will be held in Valdosta on Tuesday, May 24, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Brooks Hall Conference Center of Wiregrass Georgia Technical College. The meeting will a public hearing.That’s at the Brooks Hall Conference Center at 4089 Val Tech Road.For more information or for directions, visit the Wiregrass Technical College Web site at www.wiregrass.edu. Parking is free for the meeting.
Here’s some further information on redistricting from Ballotpedia. This is the only redistricting meeting in the current Georgia First Congressional District (GA-01) and I think the only one in the Second Congressional District (GA-02).
That’s the same evening as the next Lowndes County Commission meeting, so LAKE could use some owls to get video at both locations. We can loan cameras. Interested parties please contact information at l-a-k-e.org (yes, the hyphens are part of the address).
-jsq
GA SB16: Lowndes County Commission Expansion
Georgia Senate Bill 16
Lowndes County; provide for a board of commissioners; powers and composition
has
passed the House on Feb 10th and the Senate on Feb 28th
and is now waiting for the governor to sign it.
Here’s the summary:
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend and supersede the laws pertaining to the governing authority of Lowndes County; to provide for a Board of Commissioners of Lowndes County; to provide for the powers and composition of the board of commissioners; to provide for election districts, qualifications, terms of office, and filling of vacancies of commissioners; to provide for meetings and quorum; to provide for the responsibilities of the chairperson; to provide for a vice chairperson and the vice chairperson’s responsibilities; to provide for submission pursuant to Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; to provide for severability and effective dates; to provide for the repeal of existing enabling legislation; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.The actual bill still has to be approved by U.S. DoJ “pursuant to Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended”: Continue reading