Reviewing the Resumes: The Politicized Hiring of Eric Holder’s Voting Section
Christian,
You will note that I also said “to my knowledge.” I don’t claim to know everything, but I have been in local government work in Virginia for almost 25 years, and this is my third redistricting, so I think I know a good deal.
I am on a local government attorneys’ listserve, and most of us share our information with each other. I have received emails from well over 50 counties which have made submissions, each of which has confirmed pre-clearance of their plan. I have not heard of an objection being interposed to any Virginia plan. Have you? I would be very interested to know if that is the case.
As I assume you probably know, Virginia cities have generally not submitted their plans yet, since they don’t have fall elections.
I’m with you on where you are coming from, believe me, and I appreciate everything that you are doing. Keep fighting the good fight. But I do feel that it is appropriate for me to report the experiences that we are having here in the Old Dominion.
