US House Redistricting: Mississippi

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It looks like judges will be drawing the congressional districts.

Unless, the first act of the legislature is to move qualifying periods back.

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Here we go:



This court drawn map is a minimal-change plan.

The amount of changes beyond the minimum necessary to equalize the populations of the four districts may indeed be very small. But,  wasn't keeping "communities of interest" suppose to be standard?

Under that standard, why not have the delta district extend down the entire delta?

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Is that legal in Mississippi? It's not in all states.

Yes, it is the precedent. 2001 was run under the old lines, and, new lines were drawn for the 2002 special for the remaining three years of the four-year terms.

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In case anyone cares, the redistricting map for the Mississippi House has been released, and as expected, it targets white Democrats by increasing black majority districts:



If anyone has a clearer version, please don't hesitate to share it.  

If increasing the number of Black seats is considered a worthy goal, then why is any more problematic to eliminate White Democratic districts than White Republican districts?

[BigSkyBob]

And the Mississippi Senate follows through in approving its map:



And if you want a larger image, click here. 

Aren't the maps approving with time?   Give a few more decades and Mississippi will be yanked into the 20th Century.

Both House and Senate plans precleared Sept 14th, apparently