Groups Want Change In Redistricting

Although the lines for voting districts are set for the next 10 years, there are many people, groups and elected officials who don’t think that the current methods used to create districts are fair and logical.

Many of the objections originate with concerns that allowing elected officials to draw the lines of voting districts means that they get to “pick their voters.” This means that elected officials can draw district lines so that the voters in the district are likely to re-elect the current representative.

There are also concerns expressed that having elected officials draw dist...