Redistricting Bill Goes To Full House For Vote
Kathy Cornwell has spent over 40 years in local media, starting her career with an internship at WCBC in the late 80s. After graduating from from Frostburg State University, she worked extensively in cable television advertising and programming with Comcast. From 2002 to 2005, she was married to WCBC's Jim Robey. Kathy returned to the News Department at WCBC in 2023.
After debate in the House Rules Committee, House Bill 488 will be headed to the full Maryland House of Delegates for a vote. HB488 is the controversial redistricting bill redrawing boundaries for the state’s congressional districts. Governor Moore has stated several times he wants a fair map, but House Minority Leader Jason Buckel questioned the reasoning around the map submitted…
“These maps are clearly derived for a purely partisan purpose. No one talked about uniting communities of interest. No one talked about fairness – I think the word was used. Everyone talked about Donald Trump, everyone talked about the House of Representatives. So you guys didn’t take into effect what the practical impact of the votes would be, whether a Democrat or a Republican would be more likely to win, based upon statistical data when you made these maps?”