"Georgia Map Gets Closer"

Roll Call offers this report (paid subscription required), which begins: "The office of Georgia Attorney General Thurbert Baker (D) is moving closer to submitting the state’s new Congressional boundaries to the Justice Department for review, the final hurdle for the GOP-led mid-decade redistricting effort. Because Georgia falls under the Voting Rights Act, any changes made to representative lines must be preapproved by Justice before going into effect. "

Posted by Rick Hasen at August 15, 2005 06:35 AM