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Harrison admits drawing district map to aid ally
In Columbia on Monday House Judiciary Chair Rep. Jim Harrison testified for four hours in a federal redistricting trial. He said he ordered a district map to reduce black voting age residents in a district held by Rep. Whatley to aid his ally, while insisting the plan reflected population shifts and bargaining among lawmakers. The trial centers on 124 House seats, 46 Senate seats, and six U.S. House districts.
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Columbia
House Judiciary Committee
Jim Harrison
Richard Gergel
Jim Hodges
Harrison
Mickey Whatley
North
Charleston
Circuit Appeals Court
William Traxler
Whatley
Gergel
American Civil Liberties Union
Laughlin McDonald
ACLU
House
Hodges
General Assembly
Colleton County