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judicial, or both, but we have two branches of the

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government doing the same thing.

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THE CHAIRMAN: You have one-half minute,

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Delegate Macdonald.

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DELEGATE MACDONALD: In another provision in

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the legislative article we have a redistricting commission.

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The members of the redistricting commission are appointed

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by the General Assembly and the governor, and in a

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certain series of events, the redistricting plan of that

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redistricting commission can become law.

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I submit that this archaic provision just isn't

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true, it doesn't do anything except maybe become a sort

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of litigation -- it may be a litigation breeder -- it doesn't

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help any, and in the field of local and municipal government

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it certainly runs contrary to the modern practice, and the

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modern practice approved by the National Municipal League

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ever since 1916 is the council-manager form of government

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where the two branches of government are combined or

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coalesced -- namely, the legislative and the executive.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Your time has expired, Delegate

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Macdonald.