Members of the Georgia House and Senate Reapportionment Committees will be back on the road beginning July 26.
The committees are asking for citizen input on the once-every-10 years redistricting process.
The July 26 hearing is in Brunswick at the College of Coastal Georgia.
That will be followed by one in Albany on July 27 at Albany State University, at Columbus State University in Columbus on July 28 and in Macon on July 29 in the Mercer School of Medicine.
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Members of the public may choose to speak in person and can sign up starting at 4:30 p.m. outside the meeting location. Speakers are asked to keep their comments to between two and five minutes.
The committees had planned to hold eleven of the town hall style meetings around the state.
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However, the Augusta hearing that was scheduled for July 7 was postponed because of Tropical Storm Elsa. It has not yet been re-scheduled.
Members of the public may choose to speak in person and can sign up starting at 4:30 p.m. outside the meeting location. Speakers are asked to keep their comments to between two and five minutes.
The final hearing will be virtual participation only. It is scheduled for July 30. You will be able to speak at this hearing but must registration in advance. To sign up and register to speak click here.
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Citizens can also submit written comments here.
All the hearings are livestreamed at this link and videos of each hearing will be available there, as well.
Dana Lynn McIntyre is a Staff Reporter with The Augusta Press. You can reach her at dana@theaugustapress.com.
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