Fort Worth Redistricting Task Force Inches Closer To Recommending Council Map

Arlington TX

07 January, 2022

7:31 PM

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By Jessica Priest, Fort Worth Report January 6, 2022 A task force narrowed the number of proposed Fort Worth City Council maps from 26 to seven on Thursday. It is part of a process that started in 2016 when voters approved amending the charter to increase the number of council districts from eight to 10 and last year when new Census data was released. Next, an outside law firm and a political scientist will evaluate the seven maps the task force has chosen for their compliance with the Voting Rights Act and for their ability to create more minority-opportunity districts. Minority opportunity districts are districts in which Black, Latino or other minorities collectively represent 50% or more of the voting-age population. To read the full article, click here. Fort Worth Report is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that produces factual, in-depth journalism about city and county government, schools, healthcare, business, and arts and culture in Tarrant County. Always free to read; subscribe to newsletters, read coverage or support our newsroom at fortworthreport.org.