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Arkansas Board of Apportionment Redistricting Meetings Set

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Two Meetings are scheduled for Northern Arkansas in regards to the proposed redistricting of Arkansas Legislative Districts.

Both meetings will be in the first week of August with one scheduled for the 3rd at the Vada Sheid Community Development Center at Arkansas State University-Mountain Home and the other for the 5th at the Walmart Auditorium Shewmakter Center for Workforce Technologies in Bentonville. Both meetings will run from 6:30-8:30 pm. 

The meetings will provide an opportunity for public input on the proposed redistricting for state representation based on the 2020 Census Data for the state. 

More information on the process including a link to online public comment can be found online : http://arkansasredistricting.org/

 

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