Members of the Taylor County Commission and Taylor County School Board held a joint workshop Tuesday evening to discuss the future of the county’s district voting maps. The two boards were guided by attorneys from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), who have said the current map is no longer in compliance with either the U.S. Constitution or the national Voting Rights Act due to population changes since it was adopted in 1983. Although the boards were not able to reach a consensus, they agreed to meet again next Tuesday, Dec. 19, to resume the debate. Above, the board members are shown just prior to the start of the workshop.
Despite spending two and a half hours debating and discussing the best way to legally re-draw voting district lines during a joint meeting on Tuesday, members of the Taylor County Commission and Taylor County School Board appeared to be no closer to a consensus than when they began.
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