Rep. Omeria Scott's map fails 54-66

Rep. Omeria Scott's map has failed 54 to 66.  Will have a vote lsit as soon as I can.

Rep. Bo Eaton (D - Taylorsville) questions Rep. Scott about the Scott map

Rep. Eaton asked Rep. Scott about the number of split districts in the Scott map.  There are 430 splits.  Done to preserve communities of interest.

Rep. Ed Blackmon (D - Canton) questions Rep. Omeria Scott (D - Laurel) about the Scott map

Rep. Blackmon questions Rep. Scott on the influence districts.  Scott says she was able to draw the maps that preserved influence districts in one week.

Rep. Tommy Reynolds (D - Charleston) questions Rep. Scott about the Scott map

Rep. Brown and Rep. Denny would be unpaired in the Scott plan.  So would Rep. Eaton and Rep. Stringer.  There would be 4 pairings.

Rep. Bill Denny speaks against the Scott plan

Rep. Bill Denny (R - Jackson) asks people to vote against the Scott map because it "just appeared on the scene." (As opposed to his map, which is 24 hours old.)

***BREAKING*** Rep. Omeria Scott (D - Laurel) is introducing a substitute redistricting map

Rep. Omeria Scott (D - Laurel) is offering her map as a replacement for the Denny map.  She compares the benchmark map, last year's House map, the Denny map, and her map, spending a good bit of time on "districts of influence", which are districts in which minorities have the ability to influence the outcome of the election.

Under the benchmark plan, there are 39 majority minority districts. There are many districts of influence: 5 of them were over 35%, 4 were over 30%, 7 were over 25%.  

Last year's House consensus plan had 44 majority black districts, with 8 of those being below 60% BVAP.  There were also many districts of influence: 5 at 40%, 2 at 35%, 2 at 30%, and 5 at 25%.

The Denny map contains virtually no influence districts: 1 at 40%, 0 at 35%, 2 at 30%, and 4 @ 25%.

The Scott map contains 41 majority minority districts, and many influence districts: 3 at 40%, 4 at 35%, 8 at 30%, and 6 at 25%.