The Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission convenes once a decade to perform one of the most essential tasks in city government.

The cynical view of city politics is that it’s all about money and powerful interests.

Yet those forces aren’t readily apparent in the ongoing work of the Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission (ICRC), a group of 14 unpaid Austinites who were selected partially at random from a large pool of vetted applicants.

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Nov. 1 is the deadline for Austin's ICRC to adopt new City Council district map

BY BETH SULLIVAN, FRI., AUG. 13, 2021

The U.S. Census Bureau is scheduled to release the 2020 census data needed to redraw federal, state, and local electoral districts this Thursday, Aug. 12, four days ahead of schedule – but months later than in past redistricting years, following setbacks incurred because of the COVID-19 crisis and meddling by the prior president and his appointees. So time is tight for those who need to redraw maps in time for 2022 elections.

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Aired Aug. 10, 2021

Weekly radio show on KOOP 91.7 FM, Community Radio for Austin. 

Civil Rights and Wrongs: the state of your civil liberties in the Lone Star State radio program on KOOP 91.7 FM, Austin speaks with leaders from the Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission (ICRC). 

The commission is tasked with updating the maps that define district representation in the Austin City Council. Christina Puentes, Chair, and Luis Gonzalez, Vice-Chair, talk about this essential work which enables local democracy.

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Aired Aug. 2, 2021

The process to redesign the map of municipal districts in the city of Austin is ongoing, it is a task that is carried out every ten years just after the census or the national population count.

Published July 31, 2021

Austin has a process for residents to redraw the boundaries of the council districts every ten years. The boundaries of the council districts greatly impact Austin’s government, including our 10 Councilmembers and Mayor, and will shape how residents are represented for the next decade.

It’s time for Austin residents to redraw the council district boundaries, so ATA is chatting with the Austin residents on the Commission that have the responsibility of drawing the district boundaries through an open and impartial process.

Up first: Sara Inés Calderón

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Redistrict ATX interviews Jason Hadavi, Deputy City Auditor and Project Manager of Redistrict ATX about the redistricting efforts and where we are to date. They cover demographic information and more related to the applications received so far.  

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RedistrictATX interviews Ryan Rafols, current Independent Citizen Redistricting Commissioner about his experience serving on the commission and drawing the first set of single-member districts. 

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RedistrictATX interviews Carol Limaye, a member of the 2013 Applicant Review Panel about her experience serving on the Panel.  

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Release Date: July 9, 2020
Length: 7 minutes

RedistrictATX interviews City Demographer Ryan Robinson about Austin's changing demographics.

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Release Date: June 25, 2020
Length: 16 minutes