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Arlington council votes to submit formal comments opposing county redistricting process
Summary
After public testimony and a split council debate, Arlington’s City Council on May 27 passed a resolution directing staff to submit public comments to Tarrant County expressing legal concerns about the county commissioners’ proposed redistricting maps and process.
The Arlington City Council voted May 27 to submit public comments to Tarrant County expressing legal concerns about the redistricting process for county commissioner precincts.
The council’s action followed more than a dozen minutes of public comment and an extended council debate. Several residents urged the council to act; speaker Sarah Hissen said the proposed maps would “crack Precinct 2 and pack Democrats and BIPOC and Asian voters into Precinct 1” and criticized the lack of public data and the private firm’s absence from hearings. Hissen also told the council, “Tarrant County…
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