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Mass. legislature one step closer to urging Census Bureau to end prison gerrymandering

Massachusetts Resolution S 309/H 3185 passed joint House and Senate Election Laws committee, moves on to the committee on Rules.

by Aleks Kajstura, October 22, 2013

A Massachusetts resolution (S309/H3185) urging the Census Bureau to end prison gerrymandering by counting incarcerated people at their home addresses just passed out of the Joint Committee on Election Laws. In March, the Prison Policy Initiative joined other supporters to testify before the committee in support of the resolution.

The resolution now heads to the Joint Committee on Rules.

Related briefings:

  1. Mass. Committee on Election Law hears testimony in support of resolution to end prison gerrymandering +
  2. Mass. Legislature considers resolution calling on Census Bureau to end prison gerrymandering +
  3. Massachusetts Legislature Calls on U.S. Census Bureau: Support Fair Redistricting, End Prison Gerrymandering +

2 responses:

  1. More Massachusetts voices call for Census Bureau to solve prison gerrymandering problem | Prison Gerrymandering Project says:
    November 15, 2013 at 8:50 am

    […] on the Census Bureau to count incarcerated people at their home address at the next census. That resolution is currently pending before the state […]

  2. WHMP covers prison gerrymandering in Massachusetts | Prison Gerrymandering Project says:
    December 20, 2013 at 4:18 pm

    […] Massachusetts’ town meetings and at the State’s House and Senate. So Massachusetts is currently considering a resolution (S 309) calling on the Census Bureau to count incarcerated people at their home […]

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