DEADLINES ARE APPROACHING AND COUNTY GOVERNMENTS ARE BUSY TRYING TO REDRAW DISTRICTS.BASED ON STATE LAW AND THE LATEST CENSUS FIGURES COUNTIES WILL HAVE TO REDRAW DISTRICT LINES WITHIN EACH COUNTY TO REFLECT NEW CENSUS FIGURES. THE LINES WILL ALSO AFFECT SENATE AND HOUSE DISTRICTS. IN THE DELTA, WHICH HAS LOST CONSIDERABLE POPULATION, SENATE AND HOUSE DISTRICT WILL BECOME LARGER. CURRENTLY THERE ARE FIVE SENATE DISTRICTS REPRESENTING THE DELTA. DEBATE ON REDRAWING LINES ALSO INCLUDES WHETHER TO INCLUDE PRISON POPULATIONS LOCATED IN COUNTIES SUCH AS PARCHMAN IN SUNFLOWER COUNTY.