Partisan tensions flare on Missouri redistricting panels
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Partisan tensions have been flaring on a pair of commissions in charge of redrawing Missouri’s state House and Senate districts, with Democrats and Republicans at odds over their interactions with the public.
The disagreements have raised questions about whether the panels will be able to find consensus by a Dec. 23 deadline to adopt tentative maps.
Three months after the Census Bureau released new population data, officials in about half the states already have passed new voting maps for their U.S. House or state legislative districts. In Missouri, however, there’s not much to show.
Missouri’s eight U.S. House districts will be redrawn by state lawmakers, who can’t act until their session starts in January. The separate bipartisan commissions responsible for reshaping the state’s 163 House districts and 34 Senate districts have been marred by partisan squabbling over whether to post draft maps online and continue accepting public comment.
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