New maps for U.S. House seats released this week by a South Carolina House committee differ significantly from boundaries drawn up by the Senate. The two chambers are trying to carve out seven congressional districts that reflect the state’s rapid growth in the past decade.
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Tuesday at 2pm Columbia City Council will hold a public hearing on redistricting. According to city officials, they’re holding the hearing to get input from the public regarding changes to the City Council districts to reflect the population and demographic information compiled and released as part of the 2020 Decennial Census. The public hearing will be on…
The South Carolina Senate appears poised to pass its new districts without a lot of opposition this week.
Before the South Carolina Senate takes up redistricting Monday, the chamber’s president will likely step down to take charge of its most powerful committee.
The South Carolina House has overwhelmingly approved its new districts that appear to maintain Republican dominance in the chamber and protect many, but not all, incumbents.
House members approved a resolution Wednesday requiring them to take up redistricting as their first priority and stay on the bill until it gets all the way through the legislative process.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – South Carolina’s work to draw new districts after last year’s U.S. Census should get closer to completion this week. On Monday, the state Senate committee handling redistricting will hold a public meeting about its proposed U.S. House maps released last week. Then on Wednesday, the full House returns to the Statehouse to take up their 124…
The South Carolina House will return to Columbia to meet in a special session about redistricting in early December. House Speaker Jay Lucas said the House will first meet at 2 p.m. Dec. 1 with the primary focus on approving the new state House, Senate and U.S. House districts based on 2020 U.S. Census data.
South Carolina House and Senate committees could soon send their proposed redistricting maps to their whole chambers.
South Carolina’s rapidly growing coastal and suburban population means there could be five House districts and one Senate district in the 2022 election where lawmakers are placing two incumbents, according to maps released by each chamber.
