“[A]ctivists with a coalition called Drawing Democracy are advocating for draft district boundaries based on new population estimates and resident feedback, including in Fall River. Jaidyn Appel from the Coalition for Social Justice, which is working with the Drawing Democracy coalition, said they held public meetings this summer and found that people mostly favor having Fall River be entirely in District 9…
This would mean the entire city is in the same district as New Bedford. As two medium-sized, largely working class cities with a relatively large percent of immigrants and people of color, Appel said, the two places have many similar interests.”
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