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(There was a second.)

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THE PRESIDENT: The amendment has been seconded.

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Delegate Gallagher.

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DELEGATE GALLAGHER: Mr. Chairman, Ladies and

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Gentlemen of the Convention: If you will go to line 7,

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page 10, and read the sentence beginning "boundaries of

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districts shall be redrawn, according to these standards

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prior to the general election in 1982, and every ten years

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thereafter", you will observe that it is possible to

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interpret this sentence to redraw the districts in 1980,

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1975, 1976, or any year between now and 1982. If we

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adopt the amendment and drop the language, "prior to the

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general election", it will be ascertained that redistricting

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must take place in 1982 and not any year prior to 1982.

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Therefore, the purpose of this amendment is to tie down

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redrawing the boundaries of the district for the year and

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in the year 1982 and no time before that date.

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I think this is the obvious intent of the

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Committee and I urge the adoption of the amendment.

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THE PRESIDENT: Is there any discussion?

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Delegate Henderson.