{"id":376,"date":"2023-10-26T14:47:32","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T18:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/press-releases\/report-mass-gets-high-marks-for-transparency-inclusiveness-on-redistricting\/"},"modified":"2023-10-26T14:47:32","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T18:47:32","slug":"report-mass-gets-high-marks-for-transparency-inclusiveness-on-redistricting","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/press\/report-mass-gets-high-marks-for-transparency-inclusiveness-on-redistricting\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Mass. gets high marks for transparency, inclusiveness on redistricting"},"template":"","class_list":["post-376","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-news-clip"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"The commonwealth got an A-, the highest grade in the nation.","featured_image":"","press_type":155,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"56\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":377}"],"related_issues":[62,109,462],"related_work":false,"location":24},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<span data-contrast=\"none\">This article <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/news\/2023\/10\/report-mass-gets-high-marks-for-transparency-inclusiveness-on-redistricting.html\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">originally appeared<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> in MassLive on October 11, 2023 and was written by John L. Micek. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n<p id=\"HWGM4BXGINCARDTSMP64BNSKAY\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">While he credited the Bay State\u2019s process, one advocate was quick to point out that \u201cour work doesn\u2019t end here.<\/p>\r\n<p id=\"5JW3DS7PFFGPXGUT7IRD76OQRE\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">\u201cPart of the success of this redistricting process can be attributed to the decision to redraw districts using census block data before municipal reprecincting, which contributed to a higher number of majority-minority districts,\u201d Common Cause Massachusetts Executive Director Geoff Foster said in a statement.\u00a0<b>\u201c<\/b>We\u2019ll continue to push for the Legislature to adopt this change permanently for future redistricting cycles.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">To read the full article, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/news\/2023\/10\/report-mass-gets-high-marks-for-transparency-inclusiveness-on-redistricting.html\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">click here<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span>"}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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