balancing population – The B Square

Current district lines. The current population, based on the 2020 census is unevenly balanced between the four districts. Numbers are 2020 census population.

Option A: Clear Creek Township in the south goes from District 3 to District 1. Washington Township in the north goes from District 1 to District 3.

Option B: Two precincts from Clear Creek Township in the south are transferred from District 3 to District 1. No change to Washington Township.

When the Democratic Party’s caucus picks a replacement for the resigning county councilor Eric Spoonmore sometime before year’s end, the relevant council district boundaries will be the same as they are now.

But potential caucus candidates might have some concerns about possible upcoming boundary changes, which could redistrict them out of their caucus-filled seat, preventing a run for election in 2022.

Any worries along those lines can probably be put to rest, based on the initial discussions at Thursday’s meeting of a four-member redistricting advisory committee.

Members of the committee are Regina Moore, Ed Robertson, Joyce Poling, and Hal Turner.

Committee members don’t seem to be looking at Spoonmore’s District 4 as a place where they need to tinker with boundaries in order to balance out the population of the four districts.

But the districts are now out of balance, according to the 2020 census—with a low of 30,333 for District 1 and a high of 37,709 for District 3. Continue reading “Monroe County redistricting committee takes first look at new county council districts, change to Spoonmore’s District 4 seems unlikely” →