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Senate committee hears redistricting overview; bureau warns courts decide on deviations, mapping expected in early September
Summary
Bureau of Legislative Research told the Senate State Agencies committee the state will keep four U.S. congressional districts, expects mapping readiness in early September after vendor quality control, and stressed courts evaluate population deviations and legislative intent on a case‑by‑case basis.
The Senate State Agencies & Governmental Affairs Committee on (date not specified) received an overview from the Bureau of Legislative Research on constitutional and practical constraints for redrawing Arkansas’s four U.S. congressional districts.
Michelle Davenport of the bureau told members the state will retain four congressional districts and that, in Arkansas, district boundaries are enacted by legal descriptions (county and precinct language) rather than by the graphic map alone. She said data released by the Census Bureau in a raw database format on August 12 are the same as the official September 30 technical release but require vendor quality control before mapping can begin.
Davenport said the bureau is working with its software…
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