As city populations rise and fall, and shift – trends reflected in U.S. Census Bureau data – municipalities are tasked with redistricting [3]their city council boundaries. And in one Arkansas city, new software helps with the process.
Redistricting determines how a city’s local school board, city council, state legislative and congressional districts are drawn, according to a report by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund [4]. Current Census data is used to reshape lines and boundaries of electoral districts within a state – a process that impacts all levels of government.
Read the full article in Government Technology [1].
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[1] http://www.govtech.com/geospatial/Software-Helps-Municipality-Redistrict-City-Council.html
[2] http://www.naacpldf.org/case-issue/redistricting
[3] http://www.govtech.com/policy-management/Governments-Open-Redistricting-Public-022311.html
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