Texas advocates concerned about new district boundary lines
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Tuesday, January 19 2021
Jan 19, 2021
January 19, 2021 7:59 AM
January 19, 2021
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The Texas State Legislature is working on redistricting, or drawing new district boundary lines that reflect the community.
This year, advocates say they are focused on making sure that district boundary lines are drawn fairly.
Members of the Fair Maps TX Coalition, a group advocating for equal political representation, are trying to get lawmakers to change the process of choosing boundaries in the first place.
“We wanted to have more public input hearings,” said Stephanie Swanson of the Fair Maps TX Coalition. “We wanted specifically to have those hearings after the census data comes back to the state.”