Column: Public Shut Out of Redistricting
But incumbents are likely to win again thanks to a system that stacks the deck against change.
A year from now, Morris County will no longer be fully enclosed in one congressional district. Just before Christmas, the impartial member of the panel overseeing the redrawing of congressional district lines chose the Republican map that moves the 11th District, which currently contains all of Morris (as well as some towns outside of it, such as Hopatcong), slightly north and east. That will dump about a quarter of the county’s municipalities into the 7th District. For the first time in two decades, Morris will have divided congressional representation. Since 1995, the representative for the 11th has been Rodney P. Frelinghuysen, a member of New Jersey’s political royalty. Next year, residents of the Chesters, Dover, Long Hill, Mine Hill…
George Schaefer
11:14 pm on Monday, January 2, 2012
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