Sara (et al), That map shows not Needham but all of Wellesley and Weston joining the southwestern part of Lincoln (Precinct #1) in the proposed House district. Wellesley voters will surely outnumber Weston and half of Lincoln and be the dominant constituency. Lincoln is small to begin with and I may be naive, but it is hard to imagine an elected official attending much to <1,500 voters in one precinct among 40,000 in her/his district. But you are correct that Alice Peisch currently represents Wellesley. The proposed district is #14, the same number as Ms. Peisch's current district.
The map shows Precinct #2 of Lincoln in a proposed district with all of Carlisle, 2/3 of Concord, half of Acton and half of Chelmsford. Lincoln hasn't been split between two House districts in the 19 years I've lived here, but perhaps it was at some earlier time. It would be interesting to learn the experiences of other town split among representatives to see if that earns them more attention (becuase they have 2+ reps looking after their needs) or less (because their voices are diluted). Andrew Pang > On 10/13/2021 11:14 PM Sara Mattes <samat...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > The proposed State HOUSE map has us joined with Weston and a part of > Needham and become Norfolk 14. > Weston would hold the majority of the votes so I would imagine Alice > Peisch would hold her current seat. > https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/AHP1 > > The proposed Senate district would include Chelmsford, Carlisle, Concord, > Lincoln, Waltham, Weston and a portion of Lexington…which may indicate > Sen.Barrett would remain as our State Senator. > > > > > > > > On Oct 13, 2021, at 3:16 PM, Barbara Low < > barbara_...@hotmail.com mailto:barbara_...@hotmail.com > wrote: > > I'm not a great map reader. If we are to be redistricted, with > > which towns would we share a rep? And who is that rep now? > > > > Barbara > > > > > > --------------------------------------------- > > From: Lincoln <lincoln-boun...@lincolntalk.org > > mailto:lincoln-boun...@lincolntalk.org > on behalf of Bob Kupperstein > > <bobk...@gmail.com mailto:bobk...@gmail.com > > > Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2021 2:35 PM > > To: Sara Mattes <samat...@gmail.com mailto:samat...@gmail.com > > > Cc: Lincoln Talk <lincoln@lincolntalk.org > > mailto:lincoln@lincolntalk.org > > > Subject: Re: [LincolnTalk] We are about to get redistricted… again… > > maybe… probably > > > > I've been hoping to see this; tacking us on to Waltham made us > > pretty irrelevant. > > > > -Bob > > > > On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 2:01 PM Sara Mattes < samat...@gmail.com > > mailto:samat...@gmail.com > wrote: > > > > > > > > > https://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000017c-7809-dddc-a77e-7d9b840d0000&nname=massachusetts-playbook&nid=0000014f-704c-d54c-a1ff-fb6da68f0000&nrid=0000014f-8419-d12f-a1df-dcdfdcba0005&nlid=630384 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone-- > > > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > > > To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org > > > mailto:Lincoln@lincolntalk.org . > > > Search the archives at > > > http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. > > > Browse the archives at > > > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. > > > Change your subscription settings at > > > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > > > > > > > > > > > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. > Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. > Browse the archives at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > >
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