By MARY SELL, Alabama Daily News

Lawmakers will be back in Montgomery for a special session starting Oct. 28 to decide new districts for Congress, state Legislature and state school board.

The proposed maps, still being drafted, aren’t likely to be made public until late next week, raising some concerns about how much community input could be heard in a fast-paced special session.

Gov. Kay Ivey on Thursday sent lawmakers a letter telling them she planned to start the special session in two weeks. Her official call outlining the legislation will come later.
In her letter, Ivey thanked lawmakers for their work on the special session last month on prison construction. She said reapportionment is the next order of business.

“Thanks to your efforts, and those of many, many others, our Alabama Counts! census campaign was a resounding success— even in the midst of a global pandemic —allowing Alabama to maintain our strong representation in Congress as well as billions of federal dollars,” Ivey said.

The proposed maps, based on 2020 census data as required every 10 years, will be made public after the Legislature’s reapportionment committee meets to vote on them. Committee co-chair Sen. Jim McClendon, R-Springville, said it could be late next week.

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