City Council redistricting votes scheduled for April
The Memphis City Council will take a first-reading vote on a redistricting plan at a special April 5 meeting that council chairman Martavius Jones called on Wednesday. JB Smiley Jr. and Jones (right) confer during a Dec. 6, 2022 meeting. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
An ad hoc group is expected to recommend several maps to the council with a first council vote scheduled for an April 5 special session. There is no guarantee the council will change the current district lines ahead of October city elections. And the ad hoc group isn’t of one mind on how to redraw the lines.
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