Sara Augustine, chair of the Washington State Redistricting Commission, has resigned after the state declined to defend its redistricting plan set up by the commission. Augustine has claimed her integrity does not allow her to continue in her role with the state.
March 9, 2022
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Washington Redistricting Commission chair resigns
OLYMPIA — Sara Augustine, chair of the Washington State Redistricting Commission, resigned from her position Monday after the commission failed to vote to intervene in a lawsuit to defend its own legislative maps. “By failing to defend the redistricting plans agreed to by consensus, state authorities have...