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would maintain jurisdictional boundaries. He had earlier supported a single-member district plan that would have maintained local boundaries, he added.
Beard said he would vote to override Dalton’s veto, primarily because singlemember districts that may be proposed would mostly likely cross jurisdictional lines, dividing counties and other areas.
Republicans have indicated that single-member districts will help them make gains in the House, which is currently controlled by Democrats. The GOP gained eight seats this'year, for a total of 33 in the 100-member House, and hopes to make further gains through singlemember districts.
A three-judge federal panel in Richmond ruled in late August that the earlier plan, which was used for interim House elections this year, was unconstitutional, because its 26 percent total population deviation did not meet
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