Walter C. Jones wrote for the Rome News-Tribune yesterday, Revised congressional map passes House committee
The House redistricting committee voted along party lines Wednesday to approve a revised congressional map with multiple changes from the one made public Monday.Yeah, they restore it all right. Here’s before and after:The changes restore Valdosta’s Moody Air Force Base to Republican Jack Kingston’s district and about 16,000 people in Effingham County to Democrat John Barrow’s to keep the two equal in population.
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Hard to see? Look at the detail map on the right here. This latest proposed gerrymander gives Kingston Clinch and Echols Counties just so Jack can send a green tongue out from Echols to lap up Moody with as little of the rest of Lowndes as possible.
It gets better. Look at the Lowndes County precinct maps: Continue reading