Redistricting may pinch counties, too
JACKSON – Mississippi counties that experienced significant population growth or decline over the last decade might have to ask a judge to push back the qualifying deadlines next year for supervisor candidates.
The delay would be needed, said Senate Elections Chair Terry Burton of Newton, to give the current boards of supervisors time to draw new districts to match population shifts found by the 2010 Census.
Thus far, all of the focus on redrawing political boundaries has been on legislative districts. Legislators will be racing against the clock to redraw their districts in time for the summer party primaries in 2011 and then for the November general elections.
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10/4/10
Magnolia Tribune
