KANSAS GUV KELLY VETOES GOP REDISTRICING MAP!!!

As expected, Kansas Guv Kelly pushes back against Republican efforts to draw new lines that will divide The Dotte.

More than anything, here's a small request . . . 

DO US A FAVOR AND LET'S NOT DENY THAT FIGHT IS NOTHING MORE THAN PARTISAN POLITICAL SLAP FIGHT THEATER!!!

Republicans want one map, Democrats want another and both are fighting for their own interests. So much desperate argumentation is simply a rhetorical ploy. 

Neither representation nor fairness is the utmost concern. 

This is about winning. 

And, in the end, it'll be decided by a judge and not the electorate. 

Nevertheless, here's a peek at reasoning from the Kansas Guv . . .

“Senate Bill 355, known as Ad Astra 2, does not follow these guidelines and provides no justification for deviation from those guidelines. Wyandotte County is carved into two separate congressional districts. Without explanation, this map shifts 46% of the Black population and 33% of the Hispanic population out of the third congressional district by dividing the Hispanic neighborhoods of Quindaro Bluffs, Bethel-Welborn, Strawberry Hill, Armourdale and others from Argentine, Turner and the rest of Kansas City, Kansas south of I-70. To replace lost population in the third district, this map adds in counties that are more rural to the south and west of the core of the Kansas City metropolitan area.

“Ad Astra 2 also separates the city of Lawrence from Douglas County and inserts urban precincts of Lawrence into the largely rural Big First Congressional District, reducing the strength of communities of interest in Western Kansas and unnecessarily dividing communities of interest in Eastern Kansas . . ."

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