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Washington State Legislative District Map, as adopted by the Redistricting Commission on January 1st, 2012: |
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Washington State Congressional District Map, as adopted by the Redistricting Commission on January 1st, 2012 |
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WA Redistricting: New Maps Approved After a Long, Slow Ride and a Very Bumpy Last Mile |
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Tuesday, 03 January 2012 14:40 |
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Posted Jan 1, 2012 9:59 pm by Bryan Myrick, Under: Washington
After a year-long process, the four voting members of the bipartisan Washington State Redistricting Commission unanimously approved new political maps for congressional and legislative districts midday Sunday, with only hours remaining until the legal deadline to submit the new boundaries to the state legislature for review.
Talks had stalled during the previous week on the issue of how Hispanics should be represented in Yakima’s 15th legislative district. The 2010 U.S. Census data shows significant growth in Hispanic populations in Central and Eastern Washington, concentrations that makes the formation of a district made with a majority of minority residents a naturally occurring thing.
(State law instructs the redistricting commission not to make decisions to benefit or disadvantage specific individuals or groups.) |
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Read more: WA Redistricting: New Maps Approved After a Long, Slow Ride and a Very Bumpy Last Mile
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