Judge's Map Keeps Mableton Whole, July Commission Elections on Track
If a U.S. district judge's county commission district map is approved, Cobb citizens could save $200,000 for a special election and Mableton would remain in one district.
Mableton residents may be able to remain together in Cobb Commission District 4 if a U.S. district judge has his version of a map approved. If the map is approved within the week, the county could move forward with its July 31 election without a costly special election for districts 2 and 4. The Georgia General Assembly is responsible for creating a new redistricting map after every U.S. Census to account for the county’s changing population and ensure that each district has approximately the same number of constituents. This year, legislators made no final decision on the county’s new map, leaving citizens without proportionate district boundaries. With no final district map, the scheduled July 31 election for South Cobb’s District 4 and …
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Rich "The Equalizer" Pellegrino
11:06 pm on Tuesday, May 8, 2012
"Why do you think state legislators failed to approve a map during this year's legislative session?" Because they were too busy wasting time and taxpayers money trying to pass hateful and useless legislation penalizing and targeting immigrant students, taking away women's health choices, preventing people's right to protest, etc ad nauseam--which are all distractions from the fact that they have … more ›