Larry Hogan (R) said the nine-member Emergency Commission on Sixth Congressional District Gerrymandering will recommend new boundaries for the district. In a news release, Hogan (R) said the nine-member Emergency Commission on Sixth Congressional District Gerrymandering will recommend new boundaries for the district, which begins in deep-blue Montgomery and stretches through conservative Western Maryland. A three-judge panel unanimously found that Democratic mapmakers violated the First Amendment rights of Republican voters when redistricting the once solidly Republican area in 2011. “This nonpartisan redistricting commission will result in a fair, open, and transparent redistricting process for the sixth congressional district.”Hogan’s office announced the appointments of six members to the commission on Thursday — two Republicans, two Democrats and two political independents. Ashley Oleson, an independent who works as an administrator for League of Women Voters, was also appointed to the commission last month.

Source: Washington Post December 20, 2018 22:28 UTC