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The congressional map is expected to come to a final vote in the Legislature on Wednesday afternoon, or perhaps later. Lawmakers are hurrying to set the map in stone this month, before the next political cycle kicks off.
Over 200 years ago, the “Gerrymander,” a salamander-like legislative district, was mocked in a newspaper cartoon.
Three members of the U.S. House of Representatives will represent the north country if the Legislature’s draft congressional maps released over the weekend become law.
The preliminary map from Democrat-controlled Albany drew prompt accusations of gerrymandering, the act of drawing districts for partisan aims. The proposal would give the Democratic Party an advantage in 22 of the state’s 26 congressional districts.
After years of championing an independent commission for the redrawing of political districts, state leaders now say they are taking over the process, as a wide coalition of advocates clamor for more transparency.