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Nabila Mansoor is the executive director of EMGAGE Texas, an organization working with lawmakers to pass laws that represent the Muslim population in Texas.
Texas has one of the largest Muslim populations in the country, but not one of the state s more than 180 state lawmakers identifies as Muslim.
That s motivated organizations like EMGAGE Texas, to make sure Muslim voices are heard all levels of state government.
Nabila Mansoor lives in Fort Bend County, near Houston. She is the executive director of EMGAGE Texas.
“EMGAGE is a civic engagement organization that is primarily dealing with ensuring that the Muslim American community is civically engaged in such a way that they know about elections and they know how important elections are,” Mansoor said.
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With Texas legislators poised to redraw the state s political maps this year, many Texans have asked how to get involved in the complicated and contentious process that determines their political districts and representation for as long as 10 years.
While legislators wait for delayed census data to arrive, they’re gathering public input
. Though the public’s suggestions for how to group districts don’t always impact how maps are drawn, records of that input can be pulled into the eventual court record to show whether a committee disregarded the public’s recommendations when there are concerns about the legality of maps.