FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2020, file photo, senators, from left, George Barker, D-Fairfax, Emmett Hanger, R-Augusta and Jennifer McClellan, D-Richmond, address a news conference by One Virginia 2021, dealing with redistricting, inside the Pocahontas Building in Richmond, Va. With the U.S. census approaching, some state lawmakers are attempting to alter voter-approved measures that were intended to reduce partisan gamesmanship when drawing new districts for the U.S. House and s…
March 5, 2020
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Lawmakers try to alter voter-approved redistricting reforms
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — With the census approaching, lawmakers in some states are attempting to alter recent voter-approved measures that were intended to reduce partisan gamesmanship when drawing new voting districts for the U.S. House and state legislatures.