Residents, advocates decry proposed Kansas congressional maps as lawmakers advance GOP-authored prop
A Kansas Senate committee approved a Republican-introduced map that would make sweeping changes to the state's congressional districts Thursday, despite a stream of advocates and residents who slammed the redistricting proposal during public comment.
The map backed by House and Senate Republican leaders, dubbed "Ad Astra," would most controversially move part of Wyandotte County from the 3rd Congressional District into the 2nd Congressional District.
To balance out that switch, much of Lawrence, as well as Jackson and Jefferson counties, would leave the 2nd District and move into the 1st Congressional District, which runs to the Colorado border, encompassing much of western Kansas.
Lawmakers will have to split up one or both of Johnson and Wyandotte counties, which comprise the core of the current 3rd District. The current district layout has more individuals than is allowable, meaning changes will have to be made to the status quo.
Read more: https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/01/20/kansas-senate-redistricting-new-maps-residents-opposed-district-counties/6595106001/
(Topeka Capital-Journal)
