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SC senators seek do-over on US House district plan
Posted: 06.29.2011 at 11:32 AM
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(AP) -- South Carolina Republican Senate leaders are trying to regain control of how U.S. House district lines are drawn.

Senate President Pro Tem Glenn McConnell said Wednesday that a proposal that won initial approval a day earlier will only create problems for the state.

Democrats joined a group of Republican lawmakers Tuesday to win key approval for a redistricting plan that puts a new U.S. House seat in the southern part of the state.

McConnell is a Charleston Republican and says Democrats butchered districts that had been carefully drawn by a legislative committee he heads.

Redistricting is required every decade to make sure election district lines are adjusted for population changes in the U.S. Census.

(Copyright ©2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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