Redistricting Maps Go To Governor’s Desk

Think of a shot crippled wherever your squad has the shot successful the last minutes of the 4th fourth and your hostile is retired of timeouts and tin not halt the clock. 

That is the mode Georgia Republicans lawmakers person been conducting the 2021 Redistricting Special Session which is successful its 2nd week astatine the authorities capitol. Their opponents are the authorities Democrat representatives and they are being treated similar they haven’t had immoderate timeouts the full game. 

With nary existent nationalist input, the authorities Senate (Aug. 8) voted 32-21 to nonstop the archetypal redrawn representation House territory representation to Gov. Kemp’s table for his signature. Only 1 Republican voted against the map. 

Republican authorities Rep. Philip Singleton’s territory successful Coweta County has present been divided into 5 districts. The bluish information of the region has been joined with South Fulton. Singleton’s supporters aren’t blessed astir the alteration and they consciousness that helium is being singled retired for his disapproval of House Speaker David Ralston implicit the years. 

Speaking from the legislature floor, Sen. Matt Brass (R-Newman) attempted to appease Singleton’s supporters. 

“They deliberation they’re going to suffer blimpish enactment successful that portion of the area,” Brass said. “But they’re not. They’re going to summation much and we’re going to combat and we’re going to triumph it.”

Democrats kick that the Republicans person drawn up maps and person hasty voted connected them that don’t bespeak the summation successful number colonisation successful the authorities implicit the past 10 years.

With the astonishment predetermination of 2 Democrat U.S. senators successful the past election, the GOP has pulled retired each stops which they anticipation volition clasp their majorities successful the authorities location and senate. 

“To propulsion done these maps with hardly immoderate clip for nationalist remark with no-in extent investigation is unacceptable,” said authorities Rep. Sam Park (D-Lawrenceville) during a quality league pursuing the vote. 

Added chap Democrat lawmaker Sen. Elena Parent (D-Atlanta), “The Republicans person a waning governmental powerfulness present successful Georgia, I surely expected that they would gully gerrymandering maps and effort to unreserved them done arsenic soon arsenic possible.” 

More maps are expected to beryllium rushed to the Gov. Kemp’s table this week.