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and that the bill simply makes local reapportionment policy conform with state and federal guidelines.
“We feel we should have uniformity in this regard,” Sen. Andrews told the House committee, “and that’s all this bill does.”
Republicans in both houses disagree, especially those from Fairfax.
Dels. Vincertt F. Callahan Jr. (RFairfax) and James H. Dillard II (RFairfax) said the legislation ignores the precedent Fairfax set in 1968 and 1975 when its board, then dominated by Democrats, reapportioned the county’s electoral districts to correct population imbalances.
They say the proposed law, which now goes to Gov. Gerald L. Baliles, violates the Supreme Court doctrine of “one man, one vote.”
Although House and Senate Democrats say the U.S. Department of Justice has no problems with the bill, opponents said the law would violate the Voting Rights Act and cost
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