Montgomery, AL – The Alabama Legislature is taking a two-week break to allow time for public hearings around the state to get citizens' views on how they would like the Legislature to design districts for the state's congressional delegation and state school board.
The hearings are part of the process the Legislature goes through once every decade to design new political districts based on the latest census figures. It will be the first time in modern history that Republicans have led the process rather than Democrats,
The chairman of the Legislature's Reapportionment Committee, Republican Rep. Jim McClendon of Springville, says the public hearings will begin at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville. That will be followed by hearings at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Tillman's Corner Community Center near Mobile, tentatively at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Statehouse in Montgomery, and 6:30 p.m. Friday in Selma at a location still to be determined.
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