A state panel is set to vote Monday on finalizing new districts for the Arkansas House and Senate, amid concerns about minority representation and municipal splits in the proposed maps.
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Though the board responsible for redrawing Arkansas’ state congressional districts met for the first time Monday, delays in receiving Census data until possibly the end of September has already caused the board to be behind the recommended schedule.
The three-member Board of Apportionment, consisting of Gov. Asa Hutchinson, Attorney General Leslie Rutledge and Secretary of State John Thurston, set a deadline of Dec. 31 to complete redrawing the state’s legislative districts.
Delays in collecting data from the U.S. Census Bureau due to the coronavirus pandemic has in turn caused delays in getting data back to the states.