Redistricting case in Georgia

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  • June 11, 2018 at 5:15 pm #87278
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    Interesting Georgia court case:https://politics.myajc.com/news/state–regional-govt–politics/court-finds-compelling-evidence-race-based-redistricting/lBkVuwXe31sbeR6p4Lk9hK/

    “…The court wrote in its June 1 decision that although “changing demographics” were a reason the Georgia General Assembly redrew the districts in 2015, the plaintiffs couldn’t refute testimony that partisanship — not race — was a primary motivation. A pending U.S. Supreme Court ruling in a Wisconsin case could determine whether partisan redistricting is constitutional….

    “…Their express purpose was to change Districts 105 And 111 just enough to protect the incumbents there, without endangering the incumbent Republican House members in the neighboring districts. And that’s exactly what they did,” according to the court’s order.
    However, the plaintiffs fell short of documenting that state legislators and staff intended to depress black voter strength, the judges wrote.

    “We did not move these voters because they are black, the state tells us. We moved them because they were Democrats. And under current Supreme Court precedent, the state tells us this motive is perfectly acceptable,” the order said….see link

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