WilCo Proposed County Precincts Available For Public Comment

Round Rock TX

04 November, 2021

12:36 PM

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WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TX — Williamson County residents are invited to submit public comments on the proposed precinct redistricting map for commissioners, justices of the peace and constables by Nov. 8. The public is invited to view the map and submit their comments by noon Nov. 8. In addition to the public being able to comment on the maps online, the Williamson County Commissioners Court will hold a public hearing and discuss this item at their meeting on Nov. 9. The timeline for undertaking redistricting in Texas was very compressed this year due to delays in the U.S. Census Bureau releasing 2020 Census data to the states for redistricting purposes. Live in Round Rock? Click here to subscribe to our free breaking news alerts delivered to your inbox and mobile devices. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter, and download our free mobile app on Android or iPhone. The State of Texas completed their process of drawing Congressional, State Board of Education, State Senate and State Representative maps when the Governor signed the maps passed by the Legislature on October 25. These maps were necessary to draw the county's map, officials said Thursday. On Nov. 1, the Texas Secretary of State's Office advised counties that their maps must be voted on by commissioners courts no later than Nov. 13. Maps for the voter precincts are not required to be completed by the Nov. 13 deadline. Those maps will be proposed and voted on by the Commissioners Court in December. In order to meet deadlines associated with the March 1, 2022, primary election, all commissioners courts must order changes to boundary lines of voter precincts no later than Dec. 30. The new boundaries will go into effect on Jan. 1.