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WA redistricting panel produces new district maps

WA redistricting panel produces new district maps

Washington’s citizen Redistricting Commission, under the gun to reach bipartisan agreement on new congressional and legislative district boundaries, pulled it all together just a few hours before their absolute deadline on the night of New Year’s Day. With all four voting members — two Republicans and two Democrats — signing off on the plan, the new boundaries are expected to take effect this spring.  Under the voter-approved constitutional amendment that created the process in 1983, lawmakers will have only a…

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New congressional boundaries unveiled

New congressional boundaries unveiled

(Map courtesy of Washington State Redistricting Commission) With the deadline to complete its work just days away, the Washington State Redistricting Commission appears set on a new congressional map (see above) that puts Olympia and most of Thurston County in the state’s new 10th Congressional District. Under the draft plan unveiled Wednesday morning by commissioners Slade Gorton and Tim Ceis: • the 9th Congressional District would be a minority-dominated district stretching from northeast Tacoma to Renton and south Seattle. •…

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Census mail-back? Time’s-a-wastin’

Census mail-back? Time’s-a-wastin’

The once-every-10-years national nose-count is coming up on a big deadline.  Friday’s the day the Census wants to have your household’s info returned. They call it “Take 10” – 10 simple questions, on a form that should take 10 minutes or less to fill out. Washington state’s return rate thus far is 69 percent (compared with 72 percent last time around).  Oregon’s return rate is also 69 percent, Idaho 71 percent and California 66.  Census workers will have to physically…

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