Newsletter SignupEvery ten years, the census forces the fifty states to redraw their congressional and state legislature lines with hopes of better representing their communities. College students in New York State make up 9% of the voting electorate with current lines intentionally disenfranchising student voters from Buffalo to Binghamton to the Bronx. In the Congressional map, Tompkins County stands unified with Cornell, Ithaca College, SUNY Cortland, TC3, and Syracuse University all under one roof. However, the Republican “Names” maps connect college communities with communities entirely dissimilar. In New York State, seven more meetings will occur to collect input for the second round of redistricting.

Source: Daily Sun November 04, 2021 21:17 UTC