By Mary McCarthy At the April monthly Zoom meeting hosted by the Hampton Democratic Committee, state Senators Tom Sherman of Rye and Rebecca Perkins-Kwoka of Portsmouth provided an update on their efforts to ensure a transparent and non-partisan redistricting process. A recording of that meeting is now available on the Hampton Democrats YouTube Channel at https://youtu.be/HrgaloY4uRM. The United States Constitution requires that a national census be taken every 10 years. In addition to determining the apportionment of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and federal funding estimated at somewhere between $675 billion and $1.5 trillion per year, the results of the census are also used to draw New Hampshire's legislative and Executive Council districts.