Complaints have been raised over proposals for redrawing ward boundaries
When it comes to redistricting, the census-tied redrawing of voting maps, you mostly hear about congressional maps and how they may affect midterm elections and the balance of power in Congress. But on the local level, across most of the state’s cities and towns, local redistricting commissions are giving ward maps the once-over in order to ensure equal population among local voting districts.
In Jersey City, the updating of ward lines is a cause for controversy.
Senior Correspondent David Cruz is the moderator of Chat Box and Reporters Roundtable. He's been a member of the NJ Spotlight News team since 2011 and has been covering New Jersey's biggest stories for almost 30 years. He's been a reporter and moderator of public affairs programs on television, radio and digital platforms for WBGO and WNYC radio and is the former editor in chief of the Hudson Reporter Newspaper group.
