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Nueces County holds first public hearing on 2021 redistricting maps; consultant presents four plans
Summary
County officials heard a presentation from hired attorney Jose Garza and received public comment on four draft redistricting plans intended to bring precinct deviations below the legal 10% threshold while protecting minority opportunity districts. The court set follow-up public hearings for Nov. 8 and Nov. 10.
Attorney Jose Garza presented four draft redistricting maps to the Nueces County Commissioners Court on Nov. 3, telling the court the current plan’s top-to-bottom deviation exceeded legal limits and that his “least-change” option would reduce that difference to below 10%.
Garza, the county's redistricting consultant, said the existing plan carries a roughly 322.54% top-to-bottom deviation and that the law allows a variance of 10%. “So that's the other thing that we have is is we're under a very tight timeline,” Garza said while showing slide tables that…
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