The Arizona Eagletarian: Redistricting -- mapping, doggone it!
Extra, extra, read all about it: on Thursday, Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne filed suit in federal court seeking to overturn Voting Rights Act provisions governing changes to Arizona's legislative and Congressional district maps. Because of Arizona's history of racial discrimination in voting, new maps must be precleared, either by Department of Justice or a federal court. Ironically enough, Horne's action coincided with the Hispanic Coalition for Good Government presenting proposed Majority-Minority (Voting Rights) Congressional districts to the AIRC. Maricopa County Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox lead the presentation along with Pima County Supervisor Richard Elias and Pinal County Supervisor (and former longtime state lawmaker) Pete Rios. Their presentation focused on two proposed districts primarily covering areas now represented by Ed Pastor (CD4) and Raul Grijalva (CD7). Wilcox said the proposed CD4 is 60 percent Hispanic, and "we feel this is what we can accept as a majority-minority district." She also cited a wide array of social/demographic characteristics of the proposed district. Maybe I missed it, but I do not recall hearing anything about the effectiveness of representation in Congress of the concerns of minorities in Arizona. Or should we be thinking in terms of restoration? Clearly, there are Hispanic and other minority elected officials at several levels of government in our state. But at the Arizona legislature, or in Congress, is the voice of Arizona's minority voters heard in public policy debate? How would the changes proposed by this coalition protect, or more appropriately restore that voice? Kudos to commissioners McNulty and Herrera for asking some good questions. Herrera asked about the concept of packing . Rios replied that there is a fine line and he believes DOJ will pick up on any effort to pack. By the way, the coalition also said its proposal was endorsed by MALDEF .
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