House allows Senate redistricting despite Democrats' objections

[Judi Lynn]

Tuesday, January 31, 2006

House allows Senate redistricting despite Democrats' objections

The Associated Press - ATLANTA

House lawmakers voted Tuesday to redraw the Senate's political map by dividing the Democratic stronghold of Athens into two Senate districts.

The plan's GOP sponsor said it was an effort to honor a five-year-old request from commissioners in rural Madison County to put their community under one state senator. But Democrats decried it as an election-year "hijacking" designed to hurt the chances of a House Democrat seeking the seat.
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Democrats have vowed to fight the move, which was already passed by the Senate, if it's signed by Gov. Sonny Perdue.

"It's about taking Jane Kidd out of the Senate race. That's what it's about," said Minority Leader DuBose Porter of Dublin. "It's amazing to me _ fairly humorous in fact _ about how they try to justify this. This is about rigging this election."
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http://www.accessnorthga.com/news/ap_newfullstory.asp?ID=70759

[movonne]

1. The people of Georgia better fight this or they will be stuck with

Repugs (I know it is Georgia but not so sure that Georgia is might be waking up)

[RebelOne]

3. No way that Georgia voters will ever wake up.

[RubyDuby in GA]

4. The only way to fight them it to outcheat them

and god forbid any of them dirty their hands with that. It's simply too much to be bothered with.....

:sarcasm: intended, but sadly it's just the truth.

[leftchick]

2. Georgiia 100% Diebold country

it is locked up ether way.

[CottonBear]

5. This Athenian is goddamned pissed off. Perdue had better veto the bill.

I will spend my every waking hour fighting these bastards. :grr:

Our last hope will be the US Dept. of Justice. They must approve the "plan."