Transcript REDISTRICTING Presented by: Vickie Koelman Administrator of Elections & David Riggins Director of Regional Planning Commission July 2011

REDISTRICTING
Presented by:
Vickie Koelman
Administrator of Elections
&
David Riggins
Director of Regional Planning Commission
July 2011
WHAT IS REDISTRICTING?

The delineation of ward lines
WHAT IS REAPPORTIONMENT?
The apportionment of the legislative body so
that its members represent substantially
equal populations
HOW OFTEN DOES
REDISTRICTING OCCUR?
Every 10 years, following the US Census
count
HOW MANY WARDS?

Article II, Section 1 of the Charter of the
City of Clarksville requires 12 wards
HOW ARE WARDS DRAWN?
All wards must be based on 2010 census
blocks
WHAT ARE CENSUS BLOCKS?
A Census block is an area bounded on all sides by
visible features, such as streets, roads, streams and
railroad tracks, or by other limited non-visible
boundaries such as city limits.
A block is the smallest statistical area for which
the census bureau collects and tabulates population
data.
WHO APPROVES THE PLANS?
•
County Commission approves the
County Commission plan
•
City Council approves City Ward plan
•
Election Commission approves Voting
Precincts/Polling Places
GUIDELINES
Lines based on census block boundaries
 Reasonably compact and contiguous with
no overlapping
 Consider minority representation
 Equal population (10% standard deviation)
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EVALUATE EXISTING WARD POPULATIONS
Current Deviation – 138.85%
High – 108.56% above
Low – 30.29% below
TOTAL POPULATION = 132,960
Divided by
12 wards = 11,080 per ward
Optimum population per ward
PROPOSED WARD PLAN
Major Factors
 Large growth in St. Bethlehem, North
Clarksville and Sango
 Slow growth in Downtown, New Providence
and Ft. Campbell Blvd
 Ft. Campbell population 5,724;
Divided into 2 wards
 Ward 6 – majority minority with 50.001 %
 Kept current council members in separate
wards
 Used major visible features
 Complied with 10% rule
 Current deviation 9.63 (high 5.02; low -4.61)
PROPOSED WARD PLAN
High: 5.02%
Low: 4.61%
Total Deviation: 9.63%
WHEN DO NEW WARDS TAKE
AFFECT?
As the terms of office expire
Wards 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12 – Expire 2012
Wards 1, 2, 6, 7, 10, 11 – Expire 2014
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
Beginning Friday, July 29 at 8:00 am
thru Wednesday, August 3 at 4:30 pm
 Maps and charts will be displayed at
Election Commission Office
 All comments must be submitted in
writing
Comments will be sent to council members
at the end of comment period
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ELECTION COMMISSION WEBSITE

All Redistricting Materials Posted
Maps – Existing & Proposed
 Charts
 Manual
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QUESTIONS?