Word: redraws
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...There's a slippery slope argument," he said. "If the ASCR sticks to this point it's possible CCSR might redraw the line. It could take a couple of years...
...first time, both houses in the Virginia legislature boast a Republican majority. This historical turnover deals a serious blow to Senator Chuck Robb, the Virginia Democrat who's facing a tough reelection campaign next year. In addition, if state Republican lawmakers make good on recent threats, the legislature will redraw the lines to a number of congressional districts, thus potentially jeopardizing a couple of Democratic House seats...
When the darkness falls in Baghdad, you sit there looking out at the starry desert sky and you wonder, When will the gently twinkling lights be snuffed out by a sudden explosion of fire? When will the neon lines of tracers redraw the contours of the landscape in unthinkable ways? Will the trees and houses and mosques and suspect sites spreading peacefully toward the horizon be nothing but dust and rubble tomorrow? Will people...
...office, they care what a majority of the roughly 75,000 likely voters in their particular districts are saying. They care about the 30 to 40 House races and 10 Senate seats that are up for grabs. They care about who takes control of the legislatures that will redraw the congressional districts in ways that could keep the Democrats out of power for a generation...
...federation of autonomous regions based on ethnicity, which would protect his Tutsi brothers in eastern Congo. If that is what Kagame wants, it might provide an end to the ethnic rivalries that have haunted central Africa for decades. On the other hand, it might be the opening move to redraw the Congo's borders. If that happens, no one can predict where the unraveling will stop. Somaliland has split from Somalia, Eritrea has left Ethiopia, Anjouan has declared its independence from the Comoros. The Africa carved up by Europeans in the 19th century may be completely unrecognizable in the 21st...