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    Michigan Redistricting: Alternative State House Map | 5 comments (5 topical, 0 hidden)
    Retrogression (none / 0) (#5)
    by Conservative First on Wed Jul 13, 2011 at 12:43:17 PM EST
    This issue deals with interpretation of the Voting Rights Act, which gets murky fast.  Reducing the number of black-majority districts could be considered 'retrogression', which is not allowed.

    Now, if demographic changes are big enough then losing black-majority districts might be unaviodable.  But nobody knows how big the demographic changes would have to be for eliminating a black-majority district to be OK.  Nobody wants to risk getting their map thrown out, either, so we aren't likely to find out.

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