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Plaintiffs ask federal judge to review Boston’s new redistricting map, citing concerns that race played too big a role

Por: The Boston Globe Politics June 02, 2023

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The group of residents and neighborhood groups that successfully blocked Boston’s first redistricting map are now taking issue — albeit much more minor issue — with its second attempt.The plaintiffs in the federal litigation involving the city’s political map on Friday asked a federal judge to review the latest effort for “constitutional sufficiency” and argued that councilors may have once again improperly taken race into account... + full article



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