Post by Logan on Feb 3, 2016 3:29:10 GMT -6
House panel defeats redistricting bills; Senate panel advances party registration
A House of Delegates subcommittee on Tuesday scrapped a series of bills aimed at nonpartisan redistricting.
The five measures were defeated 4-3 in a bloc vote in a subcommittee of the House Privileges and Elections panel.
Del. Mark L. Cole, R-Spotsylvania, who called for the vote, has said that action on redistricting is premature and that even independent commissions to draw districts require politicians to make appointments.
Brian Cannon, executive director of OneVirginia2021, which is pushing for nonpartisan redistricting after the 2020 census, criticized the vote.
Read more: www.richmond.com/news/virginia/government-politics/article_28f1e94d-d24a-57a6-ba48-5044e56f214a.html
A House of Delegates subcommittee on Tuesday scrapped a series of bills aimed at nonpartisan redistricting.
The five measures were defeated 4-3 in a bloc vote in a subcommittee of the House Privileges and Elections panel.
Del. Mark L. Cole, R-Spotsylvania, who called for the vote, has said that action on redistricting is premature and that even independent commissions to draw districts require politicians to make appointments.
Brian Cannon, executive director of OneVirginia2021, which is pushing for nonpartisan redistricting after the 2020 census, criticized the vote.
Read more: www.richmond.com/news/virginia/government-politics/article_28f1e94d-d24a-57a6-ba48-5044e56f214a.html