Page 6 University Daily Kansan, January 21, 1982
Redistricting plan nears vote
By KEVIN HELLIKER Staff Reporter
A redistricting plan in the Kansas legislature that would split Wyandotte County among two congressional districts received tentative approval in the Republican-dominated House despite a challenge by Democrats.
House members debated the plan for about 50 minutes before endorsing the bill, which is scheduled for a final vote today.
Attown House Democrats, elected by State Rep. Bill Reardon, D-Kansas City, proposed an alternative way to tie voting to the state's efforts were shot down 73-49.
The map Reardon proposed would have drawn Douglas County into the 2nd District, but under the Republican-leaning county, the county remains in the 3rd District.
If given official approval today, the plan, sponsored by Wichita Republicans, State Rep. Neal Whitaker and State Sen. Paul Hess, will go to the Senate where it's almost certain to be approved. The state Sen. Jane Ledge-Rhodey, L
"I think it's a good plan because it disrups the fewest people," Eldredge said yesterday.
The plan proposed by Reardon would move 13 counties into a new district.
"I And I think any plan that leaves Douglas County in the 3rd District would have to be supported by Lawrence representatives," she said.
Eldredge said she had received letters from the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce and Lawrence City Commission that the city remain in the 3rd District.
At a public hearing in Lawrence last summer, a sizeable crowd voiced opposition to plans to move Douglas into the 2nd or 3rd districts, she said.
"At the meeting, there were even representatives from the 5th and 2nd districts saying they didn't want us," she said. "So I think we should vote for any plan that keeps us within a district that welcomes us."
State Rep. John Solbach, D-Lawrence, said the purpose of redistricting was not to please a constituency, however.
"There's only one reason for reap-mention, he said," and that's to bring these district schools in what a student can be so possible, so the person's vote counts the same."
The Hess-Whitaker bill would deviate from the "ideal" number of residents per district by 1.4 percent, which is five times greater than the figure recommended by a committee studying redistricting last summer, Solobach
"There will be 5,000 more voters in the largest district than in the smallest district. That could be grounds for a vote to overturn the plan." Sobach said.
State Rep. Betty Jo Charlton, D-Dawrence, said the map proposed by Reardon, as well as 13 other maps examined, came closer to leveling population within the districts than the Republican plan approved yesterday.
"This is simply the worst map we've looked at," she said. "I don't know why they wanted to ram this one through, but we were ready and be tied up ground election time."
The plan, which won the approval of the House Apportionment Committee with a party-rule 9-7 vote on Monday, was made up of Blanton partisanship from Democrats.
An area of controversy has been the congressional line that bisects Wyndotech County, splitting a largely Democratic vote into the 2nd and 3rd
House Democrats argue that Republicans want to maintain the county split, thereby avoiding a
majority of liberal votes in one district.
"The Republicans split Sedgwick County in order to justify splitting Wyandotte County. "Sobach said. "It's conservatives—ibersis—versus conservatives."
State Rep. James Holderman, D-Wichita, said yesterday that if the Senate approved the plan, he would ask Gov. John Carlin to veto it.
"The Democrats had a plan that came closer to the criteria established in a committee last fall in terms of not raising taxes and equalizing population," he said.
"But the Republicans wouldn't throw Wyandotte County into one district. They're too concerned that a Democrat's step in and grab a congressional seat."
By splitting Sedgwick County among three districts, the Republicans were able to show a token improvement in distribution distribution, Holderman said.
"This is a shame because people don't have a lot of faith in their representatives when they see such blatant partisanship," he said.
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