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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 44

3     AMENDMENT NO. ___. Amend House Joint Resolution
4 Constitutional Amendment 44 as follows:
 
5 on page 3, immediately below line 19, by inserting the
6 following:
7     "(b) By April 1 of the year following each Federal
8 decennial census year, the State Board of Elections, by a
9 record vote of a majority of the total number of members
10 authorized by law as provided in Section 5 of Article III,
11 shall designate a computer program for redistricting that meets
12 the requirements of this Section. The designation shall include
13 detailed specifications of the computer program. The Special
14 Masters must use this computer program to produce redistricting
15 maps.
16     Any computer program designated by the State Board of
17 Elections under this Section shall embody the standards and

 

 

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1 criteria, as defined by Common Law, as set forth in subsection
2 (a) of this Section.
3     Any computer program designated by the State Board of
4 Elections under this Section shall not consider the following
5 data:
6         (1) residency of incumbent legislators;
7         (2) political affiliations of registered voters;
8         (3) previous election results; and
9         (4) demographic information not required to be used by
10     this Section or by the United States Constitution or
11     federal law.
12     Except as specified in this Section, the computer program
13 shall produce districts in a random manner."; and
 
14 on page 3, line 20, by replacing "(b)" with "(c) (b)"; and
 
15 on page 4, line 5, by replacing "(c)" with "(d)"; and
 
16 on page 5, line 11, by replacing "(d)" with "(e)"; and
 
17 on page 5, line 16, by replacing "(d)" with "(e)"; and
 
18 on page 6, line 18, by replacing "(c)" with "(d)"; and
 
19 on page 7, line 10, by replacing "(e)" with "(f)".