Summary
The Erie County Legislature is in angst over redistricting, the once-a-decade process to design new legislative districts based on census shifts.
This time, it's complicated again by the Legislature's continued downsizing. Voters last year overwhelmingly approved a proposal to shrink the Legislature from 15 members to 11, with those 11 seats to be decided in elections this November from 11 newly designed districts.See the full content of this document
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Downsizing of Legislature Complicates Redistricting
"In the best of years, reapportionment is difficult. Simply put, not everyone can be happy with the new boundaries," said Democratic Majority Leader Maria R. Whyte of Buffalo. "This year we have to grapple with downsizing, as well."
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