By Rich Flowers
rflowers@athensreview.com Feb 2, 2021 courtesy photo
East Texans who spoke at a public hearing of the Special Senate Committee on Redistricting Friday, Jan. 29, each called for a fair drawing of lines and an end to gerrymandering.
The region which includes the urban Harris County area as well as the less densely populated Piney Woods contains several senate districts. Robert Nichols, who represents Senate District 3 was present at the meeting.
Former Palestine Mayor Carolyn Salter, who also ran for the U.S. House as a Democrat, wants to see the demographics distributed more fairly.
âMy statement before this committee today is that Texas move toward an impartial, transparent, bipartisan redistricting process,â Salter said.