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Fairness goal, redistricting coordinator says
Panel hears Arkansans’ suggestions, complaints about Senate districts
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Stephen Simpson
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Today at 3:21 a.m.
Representatives of the Arkansas Board of Apportionment, in their second redistricting hearing, heard Tuesday evening from several audience members who sought changes to area Senate districts.
Betty Dickey, coordinator of the Board of Apportionment and former Arkansas Supreme Court chief justice, told those who attended the hearing held at Arkansas State University in Mountain Home the goal of the committee is to avoid gerrymandering, targeting and preferential treatment of one party or the other. Our goal is to follow the criteria that we are operating under, she said after a comment about redrawing state legislative districts into more sensible shapes. The board s job is to redraw legislative districts every 10 years, using federal census data to ensure each district has roughly the same population.
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Two incumbents on the Mountain Home School Board have filed for reelection, after the filing period opened at noon Monday for the 2021 school board elections in Arkansas.Lisa House and Dan Smakal filed for their Position 1 and Position 3 spots, respectively, shortly after the filing period opened, according Baxter County and Circuit Clerk Canda Reese.At Cotter, the Position 4 seat held by Donald Marler is on the ballot, as is Josh Davis’ Position 3 seat on the Norfork School Board.
Seats on the Mountain Home board are for four years, while seats on the Cotter and Norfork boards are five-year terms.
Potential school board candidates need to collect a minimum of 20 verifiable signatures on their petitions, according to Reese.