Associated Press: Maryland Governor Says Panel Will Redraw Congressional Map

11.26.2018 / By David Mcfadden
Associated Press: Maryland Governor Says Panel Will Redraw Congressional Map

Damon Effingham, director of the Common Cause Maryland nonprofit, praised Hogan's executive order to create a commission but said enduring redistricting changes were needed. "There are limits to the commission, as without a decision from the Supreme Court or legislation from the General Assembly, Marylanders aren't guaranteed to continue having an open, non-partisan process under future governors," Effingham said.

BALTIMORE (AP) — An emergency commission has been created in Maryland to redraw boundaries for a sprawling congressional district in compliance with a federal court order, the state’s Republican governor announced Monday.

Gov. Larry Hogan said a “nonpartisan” nine-member commission will craft a redistricting plan for the state’s 6th congressional district that isn’t tarnished by gerrymandering. In Maryland, Democrats were in charge of the last controversial redistricting and the state’s congressional map is often held up as a highly partisan patchwork. …

Damon Effingham, director of the Common Cause Maryland nonprofit, praised Hogan’s executive order to create a commission but said enduring redistricting changes were needed.

“There are limits to the commission, as without a decision from the Supreme Court or legislation from the General Assembly, Marylanders aren’t guaranteed to continue having an open, non-partisan process under future governors,” Effingham said.

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