WVLEG: House Hears From Citizens, Releases Redistricting Draft Maps

By westvirginia on August 1, 2011

By Steven Allen Adams
steven@westvirginiawatchdog.org
The House Select Committee On Redistricting held their first public hearing late Monday afternoon – where citizens could speak out – with mere hours notice, while releasing the draft redistricting maps a half hour before the public meeting started.
Despite the short notice, 11 members of the public vented to lawmakers about how [...]

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WVGOV: Tomblin, Maloney Weigh in on Single-Member Districts

By westvirginia on May 31, 2011

By Steven Allen Adams
steven@westvirginiawatchdog.org
Both Senate President Earl Ray Tomblin, the acting governor and Democratic candidate for governor, and businessman Bill Maloney, the Republican candidate, both support single-member districts, though only one has the power of veto.
Maloney said in a statement that if he was governor he’d veto any redistricting bill sent over from the House [...]

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