{"id":1250,"date":"2011-11-28T11:47:36","date_gmt":"2011-11-28T16:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/last-call-for-georgia-redistricting-comments.html"},"modified":"2011-11-28T11:47:36","modified_gmt":"2011-11-28T16:47:36","slug":"last-call-for-georgia-redistricting-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/last-call-for-georgia-redistricting-comments.html","title":{"rendered":"Last call for Georgia redistricting comments"},"content":{"rendered":"Jeanne Bonner wrote for GPB News 23 November 2011,\n\nRedistricting Map Review Underway<\/a>\n
\n\n<\/a>\nGeorgians have until Dec. 23 to comment on new state and congressional\ndistrict maps. The U.S. Department of Justice is in the midst of its 60\nday-review of the maps. Voter advocate groups say this may be the last\nchance to comment before the maps go into effect for a decade.\n

\n…\n

\nElizabeth Poythress, president of the League of Women Voters of Georgia,\nsays the Justice Department is eager to receive citizen comment.\n

\n“We’re just encouraging people to take the advantage they have\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n

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

\nPoythress says this round of redistricting was different for several\nreasons.\n

\n“This is the first redistricting process that we’ve gone through\nthat hasn’t been done by the Carl Vinson Institute, which was independent\nof politics,” she said. “And I think that’s another reason citizens\nreally need to look at the maps and see if they really go with what they\nthink their communities look like.”\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<\/a>\nThe current maps include\na green tongue extending just far enough into Lowndes County\n\nso Jack Kingston can lap up Moody AFB.<\/a>\n

\nSo what can you do?\n

\nGeorgians can comment on the maps by calling the Justice Department at\n1-800-253-3931 or by sending an email to vot1973c@usdoj.gov and writing\n\u201cGeorgia Redistricting\u201d in the subject field.\n<\/blockquote>\n

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