Gov. Larry Hogan’s is again pushing to create an independent commission to draw congressional and legislative district lines.
The retired federal judge Hogan appointed to head the commission that made the recommendation said the state needs to fix its oddly shaped, highly partisan congressional district lines or federal judges will do it for Maryland.
Reacting to the push to cure Maryland’s gerrymandered districts that have left only one Republican among its 10 members of Congress, 26 Senate Democrats are co-sponsoring a bill that would create an independent commission to draw the lines. But it would only happen if five nearby states also established independent commissions for redistricting and reapportionment.
“This not a battle between right and left, it’s between right and wrong,” Hogan told a news conference Friday where reporters were outnumbered 10 to 1 by supporters of redistricting reform. Hogan said he didn’t want to wait for others to fix the problem in Congress or other states.
“We just think that somebody needs to take action,” Hogan said.
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