State lawmakers will vote this evening on a proposal to adjust the state’s political districts. The state alters its congressional and legislative districts every decade to account for changes in population. State leaders want the new political map in place before the November 2012 elections. One of the proposed changes would shift some areas with fewer Democratic voters out of Rep. David Cicilline’s, district, moving them into the district now represented by Jim Langevin.

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