Saturday, March 3, 2012

REAPPORTIONMENT HITS SNAG.(CAPITAL REGION)

Procedural problems have further muddied the attempts of Rensselaer County Republicans to redraw voting district lines to their benefit for the November election, leaving potential candidates uncertain where they will be campaigning this fall.

A majority of county legislators voted May 18 to reapportion the current five districts to six, knocking down Troy's representation from seven legislators to six and creating a single-member district out of the city of Rensselaer, among other changes.

It was the second vote on a plan that drew criticism after a necessary public hearing on the matter was mistakenly omitted.

But the Municipal Home Rule law can't …

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