The judge could leave the map as is, or send it back to the council, which spent months figuring out which precincts go where, for a rewrite. She said she has at most six weeks to resolve the issue, since this year’s municipal election is getting underway.
A federal judge is now weighing what to do with the redistricting map passed by the City Council last fall. The map carves up Dorchester’s Neponset neighborhood, with some voting precincts going to District 3, represented by Frank Baker, and others to District 4’s Brian Worrell.
Saris said she has at most six weeks to resolve the issue, since this year’s municipal election, which uses last fall’s enacted map, is getting underway. She also plans to watch videos of the councilors arguing over maps at working sessions and other meetings.Her comment came after she heard closing arguments from attorneys for the Wu administration, which is supporting the map, and lawyers for the opponents, who are seeking to strike down the map.
Councilors did not have to go as far as they did in shifting precincts in an effort to diversify the demographics of District 3, Gannon argued. Gannon also pressed the judge to have this year’s municipal election rely on the old map. “That’s our position because there is no other map to go to,” he said. But Saris appeared to balk at that, saying the old map violates “one person, one vote” principle, due to District 2’s overpopulation, caused partly by a boom in people moving to the Seaport.
Povich pointed to comments made by Baker in October, in which the councilor referred to Ward 16 in Neponset as his “Jerusalem” and attempting to keep all of its precincts in District 3.
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