The Baltimore County redistricting process is coming down to the wire.

The county is expanding from the current seven districts to nine. The redistricting commission’s plan included four minority- majority districts- but the map released last week cut it to two.

Veronica Dunlap, deputy executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland, said that amounts to racial gerrymandering.

“Adopt a lawful, inclusive map, or face a costly legal challenge, the cost of which the taxpayers of Baltimore County, including myself, will have to bear,” Dunlap said.

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Community groups have rallied outside council chambers demanding greater transparency in the redistricting process.

The next public hearing is set for Tue

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