Last Updated on Thursday, 02 February 2012 18:21

WHAT IS REDISTRICTING?
Every ten years, the Federal Government conducts a census to determine the number of individuals living in the United States. Following each decennial census, the Board of Legislators is required to adjust the boundaries of any or all of the supervisorial districts of the county so that “the districts shall be as equal in population as may be." In addition, proposed redistricting plans must comply with requirements of the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution and with the mandate of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, 42 USC § 1973, et seq., to assure fair and effective representation for racial and language-minority groups.

PROCESS
The Board’s Committee on Legislation is charged with recommending a proposed map to the full Board. The Committee, chaired by Legislator John Nonna, consists of 9 members. Two members from the League of Women Voters of Westchester County were appointed to the committee for redistricting by Chairman Ken Jenkins.

The Legislature has retained the services of Dr. Andrew Beveridge, Professor of Sociology at Queens College and the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center, to analyze the 2010 Census population shifts and create the first draft of the county legislative district lines. Mr. Beveridge is an expert in using GIS techniques to integrate demographic materials and analyzing census data. Aside from his extensive published work he has used such techniques in numerous consulting engagements with such clients as: Time Warner Cable of New York, the Newspaper Association of America, Davis Polk, and Sullivan and Cromwell as well as with such non-profit organizations as, the Connecticut Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Maryland, the Open Housing Center of New York City, Westchester Legal Services, the Center for Constitutional Rights, the Capital Defenders Office, among others.

The Board of Legislators is committed to redistricting the legislative districts in an open and democratic process.

CENSUS DATA

• Census 2000 & 2010 - PL94 Redistricting Data (posted 4/18/11)

PROPOSED LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS

• Proposed Legislative Districts Composition (posted 4/21/11)
• Proposed Legislative Map (posted 4/21/11)
• Proposed Plan Population (posted 4/25/11)
• List of Changes by District - Delta (posted 4/25/11)
• Redistricting LOCAL LAW (Final version, 5/9/11)

2012 County Legislative Districts

http://planning.westchestergov.com/images/stories/MapPDFS/CountyLegislativeDistricts.pdf

MEETING SCHEDULE
Legislation committee meetings are opened to the public, streamed live and available On Demand on the Board’s web site.

Click here for schedule and video

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