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Thousands reshuffled in Harris County voter redistricting

Tens of thousands of Harris County residents would be represented by a different commissioner under a draft redistricting map Commissioners Court is expected to accept today.

The proposal would bring significant changes to several precinct boundaries, seeking to make the populations in the four commissioners' precincts roughly equal, as required by law, and based on the 2010 Census. The draft will be the subject of several public hearings in the coming weeks.

The map moves roughly 100,000 residents from two fast-growing precincts in the county's west, north and northeast — represented by Commissioners Steve Radack and Jerry Eversole - to two slower-growing precincts in the south and east - represented by Commissioners Jack Morman and El Franco Lee.

The fifth member of Commissioners Court, County Judge Ed Emmett, is elected countywide.

"It is a substantial shift of square miles, the most substantial I've seen, and this is the third time I've been involved in redistricting," Radack said.

Richard Murray, a University of Houston political science professor and redistricting consultant, said the proposed changes would be the most sweeping the county had seen since the 1980 Census, after which Precinct 1 was redrawn as a black opportunity district. Lee has held the seat ever since.

Attorneys from Andrews Kurth also helped draft the map.

Radack's Precinct 3 would remain the largest, with 1.04 million residents, down from 1.15 million; Lee's Precinct 1 also would be home to 1.04 million people, up from about 940,000.

Eversole's Precinct 4 would shrink to 1.02 million from 1.12 million. Morman's Precinct 2 would remain the smallest, rising from about 883,000 to 991,395 under the proposed map.

The largest territory swap under the proposal would happen in northeast Harris County, where Morman would pick up the Atascocita area and land around Lake Houston from Eversole.

Meet the Harris County redistricting map – Off the Kuff

The proposal would bring significant changes to several precinct boundaries, seeking to make the populations in the four commissioners’ precincts roughly equal, as required by law, and based on the 2010 Census. The draft will be the subject of several public hearings in the coming weeks.

The map moves roughly 100,000 residents from two fast-growing precincts in the county’s west, north and northeast — represented by Commissioners Steve Radack and Jerry Eversole – to two slower-growing precincts in the south and east – represented by Commissioners Jack Morman and El Franco Lee.

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Richard Murray, a University of Houston political science professor and redistricting consultant, said the proposed changes would be the most sweeping the county had seen since the 1980 Census, after which Precinct 1 was redrawn as a black opportunity district. Lee has held the seat ever since.

Attorneys from Andrews Kurth also helped draft the map.

Radack’s Precinct 3 would remain the largest, with 1.04 million residents, down from 1.15 million; Lee’s Precinct 1 also would be home to 1.04 million people, up from about 940,000.

Eversole’s Precinct 4 would shrink to 1.02 million from 1.12 million. Morman’s Precinct 2 would remain the smallest, rising from about 883,000 to 991,395 under the proposed map.

The largest territory swap under the proposal would happen in northeast Harris County, where Morman would pick up the Atascocita area and land around Lake Houston from Eversole.

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