The Ad Hoc Committee will hear testimony on the House Staff Plan, the Senate Staff Plan, and any other submissions. Today the SC House released their Congressional plan for public comment this Thursday.
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Read the Testimony on the SC House Congressional Map Proposal December 13, 2021: House Congressional Plan This Thursday and Redistricting Update Overall, the map is slightly more competitive and proportional than the current map, although it cannot be rated highly in either respect. Our greatest concerns relate to the treatment of regional communities of interest. The proposed Congressional map is not one that the League of Women Voters can be enthusiastic about, although there are positive aspects. December 16, 2021: Testimony on Staff Congressional Proposal before the Ad Hoc Redistricting Committee of the SC House
A public hearing will be held on December 29. It would make all South Carolina voters irrelevant in November elections. While it may be said to respond to those who testified in favor of keeping Beaufort County in CD 1, it more directly responds to those who wish not to have the naturally competitive area in and around Charleston County drawn as a district. It splits both Charleston and Richland County. The new House map is quite similar to the first proposal from the Senate. December 23, 2021: "New" Congressional Plan from the House 15 or earlier for lawmakers to adopt new redistricting plans for state House and congressional districts and asks that it order new redistricting plans in the event lawmakers fail to adopt constitutionally compliant ones. It also requests that the court set a deadline of Feb. Testimony on House Staff Congressional Proposal Alternative 1 December 24, 2021: SC’s New House Map Is Unconstitutional, Racially Discriminatory, Lawsuit ClaimsĪ new federal lawsuit alleges South Carolina’s redrawn state House districts are unconstitutional and intentionally discriminate against Black voters and dilute their voting power, marking the sixth consecutive redistricting cycle in which the state’s maps have been challenged. Further, the total percentage of the population of the state affected by county splits is increased, not decreased. This map scores worse on competitiveness, proportionality, compactness, and splitting than the first map considered by this House committee and much worse than the League proposal. The “Alternative 1” Congressional plan before the House Ad Hoc Committee is a racial and partisan gerrymander that should be rejected by this body. January 7, 2022: House Redistricting Meeting on January 10ĭecember 29, 2021: Testimony on House Staff Congressional Proposal Alternative 1 It fragments the area around Charleston along racial lines to yield no South Carolina districts that would be competitive in November. House Congressional Plan 2 Senate Amendment 2 is a major revision that provides two competitive Congressional districts and respects major communities of interest.
House Congressional Plan 2 Senate Amendment 1 is a revision of the original Senate offering. Urgent need for testimony! The Senate Judiciary Committee’s Redistricting Subcommittee will meet on January 13, 12:00 p.m., to review and receive testimony on two proposed Congressional plans.
Testimony on House Congressional Plan 2 Amendments 1 and 2 Before the Senate January 12, 2022: Probable Last Chance for Congressional Map Testimony Please reject the temptation to prevent voters from choosing their representative in November. We ask you to consider Amendment 2, the LWVSC proposal submitted to you, and other options that are less damaging to voter rights and to reasonable political dialogue than Amendment 1.
The resulting district is highly competitive, Of the two very different proposals under consideration by this Subcommittee, Amendment 2 shows that by doing so it is possible to keep both Charleston and Beaufort counties whole in CD 1 while meeting equal population requirements. January 13, 2022: Testimony on House Plan 2 Senate Amendments 1 and 2 before the Redistricting Subcommittee of the SC Senate Judiciary Committee
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