Texas Lawmakers Promote Transparency in Redistricting

[Elderberry]

Texas Scorecard by Erin Anderson February 3, 2020

Texas is expected to gain three new congressional seats in the complex process that determines the districts of elected officials.

Redistricting is still more than a year away, but Texas lawmakers have been touring the state for months, discussing the decennial map-drawing process and listening to residents’ concerns.

Members of the Texas House Redistricting Committee began holding field hearings last September to generate awareness and solicit public input.

“We hope to have the most transparent redistricting process in the history of Texas,” Chairman Phil King (R–Weatherford) said at a recent public hearing in Plano. “It’s a huge process and a very important process.”

The U.S. and Texas constitutions require a redrawing of voting district boundaries after every 10-year census, impacting federal, state, and local districts.

More: https://texasscorecard.com/state/texas-lawmakers-promote-transparency-in-redistricting/

[thackney]

No more of the crap above please.  Perhaps limit the boundaries to actual zip code boundaries?

[GrouchoTex]

It would be nice if they could divide the number of U.S. congressional seats belonging to Texas by the actual population of Texas.
That way, they could make each district close to that actual population number.
@thackney has a good idea, of going by zip code.