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Thursday, August 11, 2011

Shore Redistricting Hearing Set For QA's, Wicomico Counties

Congressional and legislative districts to be redrawn

ANNAPOLIS Two public hearings will be held on the Eastern Shore in September one of them in Queen Anne's County to collect information to be used in redrawing congressional and legislative districts in Maryland.

The hearings are among a dozen being held statewide by the Governor's Redistricting Advisory Committee, which is to draft a recommended redistricting plan to be submitted to the governor, who will, in turn, submit a plan to the General Assembly.

Redistricting takes place in each state every 10 years following the federal census using information gleaned from the census to draw districts based on the principle of one person-one vote, according to the Maryland Department of Planning.

The Department of Planning is the state agency that coordinates redistricting data with the U.S. Bureau of the Census.


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