Kansas Redistricting Moves Forward
02/06/2012

 TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) _ A Kansas House committee is signing off on a

proposal to redraw the chamber's 125 districts to reflect changes

in the 2010 census.

The reapportionment committee took less than 10 minutes on

Monday to approve the map, endorsing it on a bipartisan, voice

vote.

There were no amendments offered to the plan, which would

collapse three current House districts and create three new ones in

the Kansas City metropolitan area.

One district each would be lost in southeast, southwest and

central Kansas, reflecting the population gains over the past

decade in Johnson and Wyandotte counties.

House Speaker Mike O'Neal, chairman of the redistricting

committee, said the decision was quicker than he anticipated, but

that it is possible that the full House could debate the proposal

yet this week.


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