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Legislative Alert - Unbelievable - Republican redistricting plan - HB-499 has passed House ...

Another set of new districts and its associated court tests is probably the lowest item of the list of things the majority of Georgians would like to see this Legislature do. This seems to be more of a payback to the Democrats by the now ruling Republicans.

Will Georgia ever have the same districts two elections in a row again?

Here is the bill info:

HB 499 - Congressional districts; composition and election provisions   ---- PDF Version   (1) Franklin,Bobby 43rd (2) Keen,Jerry 179th (3) Burkhalter,Mark 50th HC: L&CR SC: R&R 03/14/05 - Senate Read Second Time

The bill has passed the house (click here to see vote) and is on the senate Rules Committee calendar so has been reported our of Senate Committee. We recommend that you call your State Senator and ask them to drop this bill and do something useful.

We had trouble deciding under what issue to put this information. After much discussion we decided that it is an example of why we need more to chose from than just Republicans and Democrats. They both care more about partisan power than the people they are elected to represent.

The bill as amended by substitute in Senate Committee is below: