District of Columbia: voting legislation re-introduced in U.S. House
The DCist blog reports: Last year ended on a bit of a sour note for District voting rights, but activists aren't letting a little bad news stop them.
After being stymied by Republican leaders in the closing weeks of the 109th Congress, Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) and D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton re-introduced legislation on January 9 to grant the District one voting seat in the House of Representatives. The legislation, known as the Fair and Equal House Voting Rights Act, is currently before the House Judiciary Committee, and voting rights activists hope to have it before the full House in February. In a press briefing last week on the matter, D.C. Vote Executive Director Ilir Zherka recognized that the legislation's re-introduction represented a "second chance to finish this marathon," also admitting, "we're in the last few miles...[they're] the most difficult." -- DCist: Voting Rights Bill Re-Introduced; Faces Challenges