Citizens ask for district fairness

Citizens ask for district fairness

Mississippians say they want lawmakers to use “common sense” as they draw the state’s legislative districts in coming months.

“There is a lot of gerrymandering,” Jackson resident Laura Van Overschelde said Wednesday, following a public hearing on reapportionment. “I just think it splits people – neighbors – who are like-minded.”

With the Wednesday hearing, lawmakers wrapped up a series of a dozen such meetings across the state.

Dozens of people, including a class from Mississippi College’s law school, packed the Hinds County Courthouse to hear about the process.

Clarion Ledger
9/16/10