Socorro County in New Mexico has to redraw its map because two Navajo families were inadvertently forgotten.
The commission drew boundaries that divided the Alamo portion of the Navajo Nation into two districts. But the Department of Justice said the map was unconstitutional because it diluted Native voting power.
The lines will be redrawn to ensure that the two families will be part of District 2, which encompasses the entire Alamo Reservation.
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N.M. county must redraw map to include Navajos
Wednesday, March 3, 2004
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