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Politics
Jonathan Shorman

As redistricting trial nears finish, Kansas cautions judge against tossing Legislature's map

What is gerrymandering? And how much is too much?

Attorneys defending the new Republican-drawn congressional map in Wyandotte County District Court said Wednesday that a group of voters challenging the boundaries hadn't provided standards to answer those questions.

The attorneys also called two witnesses who criticized reports produced by experts on behalf of the voters. The issue was how much credit to give analyses that found the new map is a mathematical outlier that dilutes the voting power of minority and Democratic voters.

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