From the Baton Rouge Advocate.
A legislative redistricting expert warned lawmakers Thursday of politics that could interfere with the drawing of new election district lines that meet constitutional muster.“Significant interest groups and individuals are going to be coming to you trying to affect how the process works,” Senate Secretary Glenn Koepp told about 20 lawmakers gathered for what has been billed as a “Redistricting 101” class.
“You are going to be asked to vote against the wishes of your friends, your colleagues, even some of your (political) party members,” he said.
Eighty percent of redistricting — a redrawing of election district lines to adjust for population shifts — is the technical, legal side of the process, Koepp said.
That was the subject of the training session.