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Commissioner seeks clarification after county staff assisted state on redistricting; chair says commissioners previously voted on new lines
Summary
Commissioner Baggs questioned why commissioners were not asked to assist with redistricting lines. Chairman Robert Parker said staff assisted the state and that commissioners had voted; the minutes note each district now has roughly 3,000 people, and Baggs said she requested a virtual meeting with a reapportionment official that did not occur.
Commissioner Baggs raised concerns at the April 5 Long County commission meeting about the process used to redraw district lines. Baggs asked why the board had not been asked to help with the redistricting effort.
Chairman Robert Parker responded that county staff assisted the state’s reapportionment office and that commissioners had been aware of, and previously voted on, the new lines. Parker told the board that the new districts now contain about 3,000 people each, according to the minutes.
Commissioner Baggs said she had requested a virtual meeting with Gabe Mesriah at the Reapportionment Office but that Mesriah did not follow up. The minutes record Baggs’s desire for a virtual meeting but do not show further follow-up or any formal motion to reopen or revise the redistricting action.
The discussion was recorded as an informational exchange; no motion to change the lines or to request additional county-level involvement was recorded at this meeting.
