Members of the South Carolina House Redistricting Ad Hoc Committee have been crisscrossing the state asking residents what they want out of redistricting, which takes place every 10 years. There will be a meeting in Aiken Sept. 20 from 6-8 p.m.
The meeting will be at the Aiken Technical College Amphitheater.
The meetings started Sept. 8 in Myrtle Beach. The most recent was Sept. 16 in Bluffton.
Three meetings will follow including the final two live sessions. One will be Sept. 21 from 6 to 8 p.m. in Greenwood at Greenwood Piedmont Tech. That will be followed by one in Orangeburg on Sept. 22. It will be in the Orangeburg Tech Roquemore Auditorium from 6 to 8 p.m.
In-person and written testimony will be accepted at the in person session. Written testimony may be submitted in paper form or by email to redistricting@schouse.gov.
The final meeting will be a virtual session. It will be held Oct. 4 in Columbia from 4:30 to 8 p.m. via Microsoft Teams.
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To sign up to give virtual testimony, email virtualtestimony@schouse.gov Emails must be received 24 hours prior to that hearing.
More information is available at this website.
The Ad Hoc Committee, chaired by Representative Chris Murphy (R-Dorchester) is responsible for re-drawing South Carolina House districts.
The Senate Judiciary Committee’s Redistricting Subcommittee, chaired by state Sen. Luke Rankin (R-Horry), also held 10 meetings across the state. The last one was in Aiken. This subcommittee is responsible for redrawing Congressional districts and state senate districts.
Videos of all ten Senate meetings can be viewed here.
Dana Lynn McIntyre is a Staff Reporter with The Augusta Press. You can reach her at dana@theaugustapress.com.
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