“I think the biggest change is in Matt Simpson’s district in Baldwin County and Shane Stringer’s district in Mobile County,” Pringle said. The growth in Baldwin County also fueled significant changes in local House districts. Meanwhile, Elliott’s District 32 in Baldwin County gained 41,690 residents while Albritton’s District 22 remained flat, but each required a geographic adjustment of the boundaries to meet the new ideal population of 143,551 for each of the state’s 35 Senate districts.Īlbritton’s district now includes portions of Satsuma and Chickasaw, meaning he joins Figures, District 34 Representative Jack Williams and District 35 Representative David Sessions in representing Mobile County. Locally, Baldwin County will now be represented by three members of the State Senate: Greg Albritton, Chris Elliott and Vivian Figures, whose District 33 was previously confined to Mobile County but lost some 12,500 residents between the 20 censuses. Although there was opposition from the minority party, the proposals sailed through committee meetings Monday. In what is largely recognized as a partisan process, the Legislature unveiled its proposed maps when the special session began last week.
So you can see how we have a timeline to get this through.”
“They have to go through every single person’s voting registration card and have all that ready so we can order 4,400 separate ballots to be printed by the May primary. “This information has to be sent to the counties, where the registrars have a tremendous amount of work to do to make sure everybody’s assigned to the right precinct and districts,” Pringle said Tuesday.
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