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How national party politics muddled Washington redistricting

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A judge ruled that the Yakima Valley map violated the Voting Rights Act. The judge said the maps needed to be redrawn. A countersuit was filed — against Graves’ own work. This suit made the opposite argument from the Latino group’s. Having handed Latinos a win, the judge tossed the lawsuit as moot.

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How national party politics muddled Washington redistricting

Republican Paul Graves’ work was about to come undone. In the wee hours of Nov. 15, 2021, he and his fellow Republican on Washington state’s independent redistricting commission had finally prevailed on their Democratic counterparts to agree to the maps voters would use in the upcoming election. But then Latino voters sued the state, claiming the new legislative maps didn’t give them voting power commensurate with their population. Now, Graves w…

2 months ago·Seattle, United States

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