Friday, February 24, 2012
10:59 AM
Plaintiff's redistricting expert wraps up testimony
Kenneth Mayer, the UW redistricting expert called by the plaintiffs, finished his testimony this morning, saying "it should have been possible and was possible to move less people."
Dan Kelly, a lawyer supporting the plan, noted that Mayer, who was hired by the plaintiffs, did not draw a statewide map.
Kelly also noted that Mayer was involved in analyzing the 2002 redistricting maps and found that the version drawn by the Democrats was "marginally better" than that done by Republicans. Mayer also agreed that the Republican plan was better in that fewer people were disenfranchised by movement in and out of districts.
In 1992, a court-drawn map resulted in 550,000 voters who were disenfranchised by being moved to other districts and could not vote for state senators for six years, Kelly said in response to a question.
-- By Marie Rohde
Labels: Redistricting trial
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