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He said forming new legislative maps for Pinal “They all meet DOJ The other supervisors, Pete Rios and David Snider, who represents Maricopa, are both Democrats. Martyn
County as it expands from three supervisors to five will be cumbersome.
County staff and a consulting firm have been going over the new
districts to meet the U.S. Department of Justice requirements, which
Martyn said would create Democratic majorities.
criteria, but not common-sense criteria,” said Martyn, whose district
includes Florence, Queen Creek and Apache Junction.
said trying to get past the “33,000 lawyers” at the Justice Department
is difficult and he is concerned the city of Casa Grande would still be
split across two districts.