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
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
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
Jane Osborn submitted a press release dated yesterday from
GALEO;
excerpts are below. -jsq
…
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.…
Because of the anti-Latino environment that is clear with some elected
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.
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.For more information or for directions, visit the Wiregrass Technical
College Web site at
www.wiregrass.edu. Parking is free for the meeting.
That’s at the Brooks Hall Conference Center at 4089 Val Tech Road.
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
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”:
