MDGOP Comments on General Assembly Passage Of Partisan Gerrymandered Map And Next Step

Annapolis - Yesterday, the House of Delegates passed Governor O'Malley's offensive gerrymandered Congressional District Plan. Maryland Republican Party Chairman Alex Mooney issued the following statement:

"Yesterday's vote shows the true cost of one-party rule here in Maryland. The good alternative plans to the Governor's map were either killed in Committee, or were voted down by the Democrat majority on the floor of the House and Senate. The map passed by the legislature violates the Voting Rights Act in that it does not provide for the creation of a third Majority-Minority district."

"The Maryland Republican Party fully supports the efforts of the Fannie Lou Hamer PAC to ask the courts in intervene to ensure fair representation of minorities under the Voting Rights Act. Marylanders have a right to fair district lines that represent true communities of interest rather than partisan political interests," Mooney concluded.