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Kyle directs consultant to draw illustrative redistricting plans after assessment finds 3 districts out of balance
Summary
Council heard an initial legal and population assessment from Bickerstaff and voted unanimously to direct the firm to produce illustrative maps to rebalance the city’s three single‑member districts using 2020 census block data and growth projections.
Kyle City Council on Sept. 17 directed outside counsel and consultants to produce illustrative redistricting plans after a staff briefing found the city’s three single‑member districts are out of balance under the 2020 census.
Kavi Caputo of Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta told the council the top legal criteria are the constitution’s one‑person/one‑vote rule (total population) and the Voting Rights Act Section 2, which requires the city not adopt an election system that discriminates on the basis of race or ethnicity. He said courts…
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