LEGISLATIVE LEADERS on Tuesday released proposed new maps for Massachusetts House and Senate districts, which would enhance the political clout of minority voters while also protecting almost all incumbents. “There is not a single place on the House map where you can draw a majority-minority district where we haven’t,” said Rep. Michael Moran, a […]
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Anti-gerrymandering group targets Massachusetts
JOHN PUDNER HAS practically unimpeachable conservative credentials as the political consultant who recruited David Brat to run for Congress in Virginia five years ago, but he says he has left his partisan ambitions behind to work on giving the whole voting public a greater say in the electoral system, and his next target is Massachusetts. […]
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Gerrymandering goes to court
Get ready for what may be the granddaddy of all redistricting court cases. Massachusetts takes pride in the many great things it has given to the country, from the first public school and college to the chocolate chip cookie, but one gift stands out as somewhat more ignoble: the gerrymander. The idea of politicians drawing […]