STATE REPUBLICANS ARE FUMING OVER THIS......OUR DISTRICTS HAVE BEEN DISMANTLED (BY OUR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR) TO THE POINT THAT TWO REPUBLICAN DISTRICTS ARE NOW COMBINED WITH DEMOCRATIC DISTRICTS, MAKING THOSE TWO DISTRICTS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR REPUBLICANS TO EVER WIN AGAIN, AND NOW ANOTHER DISTRICT IS PROPOSED IN HOPES TO CATER TO HISPANICS ONLY (THIS DISTRICT AREA IS A KNOWN SANCTUARY AREA FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS)

Maryland Redistricting Maps Released

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- For the first time in state history, a single-member Hispanic legislative district is proposed as part of Maryland's redistricting plan, as seen in redistricting maps released Friday. Planning officials released on Friday statewide maps of redrawn state legislative districts in Maryland.Among the changes includes a first-ever single-member Hispanic district to be located in Prince George's County. The Governor's Redistricting Advisory Committee, tasked with redrawing the state's legislative districts based on the 2010 Census data, identified District 47B as containing more than 63 percent Hispanic residents.

Also under the proposal, Carroll County would get its own Senate district, and a large portion of Baltimore District 44 would encompass more of Baltimore County to show population loss in the city.The committee's maps reduce by one the number of districts that cross county lines to 13. According to state planning officials, the proposal would include 12 majority African-American districts -- an increase from 10 in 2002 -- and four other districts in which minority residents represent a majority.The committee is holding a public hearing Thursday at 10 a.m. in the Joint Hearing Room, Legislative Services Building, in Annapolis.Planning officials said the redrawn districts "reflects the demographics of the state, the population trends that have occurred over the past decade and the extensive public comments that the committee heard from hundreds of Marylanders."The governor is expected to formally introduce the plan to the General Assembly on the first day of the 2012 legislative session, Jan. 11, after which time lawmakers will have 45 days to approve the governor's plan or pass an alternative plan.

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