Vote: adopted

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MARICOPA COUNTY’S SUPERVISORIAL DISTRICTS, THE SPECIAL HEALTH CARE DISTRICT, MARICOPA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICTS, AND JUSTICE OF THE PEACE DISTRICTS, AND RE-PRECINCTING OF ELECTION PRECINCTS FOR 2012 (1) To adopt the revised Map and legal descriptions that reflect changes to district boundaries for each of Maricopa County’s Supervisorial Districts, the Special Health Care District, and Maricopa County Community College Districts as required by state law (A.R.S. §§ 11-212, 11-251 (2), 15-1441, 16-411, and 48-5502); (2) To adopt the revised Map and legal descriptions that reflect changes to approve Justice of the Peace precinct lines as required by state law (A.R.S. § 22-101); (3) To approve re-precincting of the boundaries and limits of election precincts as shown on the Map adopted by the Board of Supervisors and accompanying legal descriptions, incorporated herein by reference, all as required by state law (A.R.S. § 16-411); (4) To approve the following effective dates: The changes to the boundaries and Maps set forth in items 1, 2, and 3 are effective 12:01 A.M. January 1, 2012, and in any event on the date of preclearance by the U. S. Department of Justice under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, as the boundaries from which candidates are nominated and officers are elected in the 2012 elections and each election hereafter until amended or changed by the Board of Supervisors; (5) To direct the appropriate pre-clearance submission be prepared and forwarded to the United States Department of Justice in compliance with Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act; (6) To direct that these lines shall not affect or restrict any case management or appropriate caseload or resource transition plan as deemed necessary by the Justice of the Peace Courts, the Maricopa County Superior Court or Maricopa County Justice Court Administration; (7) To Direct the County Recorder and Director of Elections accept the: a) nomination paper of any candidate for the office of precinct committeeman who is otherwise in compliance with applicable law, and b) signatures of qualified electors who otherwise meet the statutory requirements for signing nomination petitions as set out in A.R.S. §§16-314, 16-315, 16-321, 16-322, 16-822, on any nomination petition for a candidate to the office of precinct committeeman; if such candidate and signers, respectively, are qualified electors of a voting precinct in which the candidate resides at the time of filing as reflected by voting precinct boundaries adopted by the Board of Supervisors as of November 30, 2011, or any subsequent voting precinct boundaries precleared by the Department of Justice or implemented by a Federal Court for use in the 2012 elections; and (8) To authorize the County Recorder and Director of Elections calculate the nomination petition signature requirements based on the March 1, 2012, voter registration figures for the election precincts as designated by the County Board of Supervisors as of November 30, 2011, or by this action of the Board of Supervisors when it becomes effective, or by any subsequent precinct boundaries precleared or implemented by a Federal Court for use in the 2012 elections. The County Recorder or Director of Elections shall certify for the ballot or pursuant to A.R.S. §16-822 any candidate who is qualified by law and who obtains the minimum number of valid signatures from within the voting precinct in which he or she resides at the time of filing as designated by the County Board of Supervisors as of November 30, 2011, or by this action of the Board of Supervisors when it becomes effective, or by any subsequent precinct boundaries precleared or implemented by a Federal Court for use in the 2012 elections, whichever number of required signatures is fewer. State law requires the County Board of Supervisors define the boundaries of its supervisorial districts on or before December 1 following the release of the U. S. decennial census data (A.R.S. § 11-212), to make the division of supervisorial districts equal or with not more than ten per cent difference in population. The Board of Supervisors shall define the boundaries and limits of each district within a special health care district so that each district equal or as nearly equal in population as is practicable (A.R.S. § 48-5502). In addition, the Board of Supervisors shall, on or before December 1 of each year preceding the year of a general election, establish and set the boundaries of election precincts (A.R.S. § 16-411). The five community college district boundaries are redefined at the same time as the election precincts are redefined (A.R.S. §15-1441). Finally, state law allows the Board of Supervisors to establish and redistrict justice of the peace precinct boundaries as convenience requires and, in any event, to redraw the boundaries in order to reduce judicial productivity credits for any precinct which exceeds twelve hundred (1,200) credits (A.R.S. § 22-101, 22-125). The precise changes are shown on the Supervisor/Special Health Care District/ Community College District Boundary Map, the Justices of the Peace Precinct Boundary Map, and the Election Precinct Boundary Map, and accompanying legal descriptions, which are proposed for adoption by the Board of Supervisors and incorporated herein by reference. The final boundary line proposals reflect an extensive program of public hearings, public comment, notices, announcements, invitations to participate and special outreach to minority communities, Indian communities, disabled, and local governments, among others. The attached maps and exhibits provide further details. It is important to note that approval of the boundary changes by the Board of Supervisors only become effective if the lines are precleared, and if those lines are incorporated by the State’s Independent Redistricting Commission for the congressional and legislative redistricting to be implemented in the 2012 elections. The State’s Independent Redistricting Commission has yet to approve a final congressional or legislative district map. Therefore, although the Board is required to establish election precincts by December 1, 2011 pursuant to A.R.S. § 16-411, upon which candidates, signers and the County Recorder and Department of Elections shall rely for the 2012 elections, these new election precinct lines are subject to change depending upon the maps to be adopted by the Independent Redistricting Commission, or due to any other lines being precleared or implemented by a Federal Court for use in the 2012 elections. (C-21-12-003-7-00)

Vote: approved

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2. MARICOPA COUNTY’S SUPERVISORIAL DISTRICTS, THE SPECIAL HEALTH CARE DISTRICT, MARICOPA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICTS, AND JUSTICE OF THE PEACE DISTRICTS, AND RE-PRECINCTING OF ELECTION PRECINCTS FOR 2012 The final boundary lines proposed amend the boundary lines previously approved by the Board of Supervisors on November 30, 2011 to comport with the final lines adopted by the Independent Redistricting Commission on January 17, 2012. (C-21-12-003-7-00) The attached maps and exhibits provide further details. (1) To adopt the revised Map and legal descriptions that reflect changes to district boundaries for each of Maricopa County’s Supervisorial Districts, the Special Health Care District, and Maricopa County Community College Districts as required to comply with the final lines adopted by the Independent Redistricting Commission on January 17, 2012,and (2) To adopt the revised Map and legal descriptions that reflect changes to approve Justice of the Peace precinct lines as required to comply with the final lines adopted by the Independent Redistricting Commission on January 17, 2012. (3) To approve re-precincting of the boundaries and limits of election precincts as shown on the Map adopted by the Board of Supervisors and accompanying legal descriptions, incorporated herein by reference, to comply with the final lines adopted by the Independent Redistricting Commission on January 17, 2012. (4) To approve the following effective dates: The changes to the boundaries and Maps set forth in items 1, 2, and 3 are effective 12:01 A.M. February 06, 2012, and in any event on the date of preclearance by the U. S. Department of Justice under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, as the boundaries from which candidates are nominated and officers are elected in the 2012 elections and each election hereafter until amended or changed by the Board of Supervisors; (5) To direct the appropriate pre-clearance submission be prepared and forwarded to the United States Department of Justice in compliance with Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act; (6) To direct that these lines shall not affect or restrict any case management or appropriate caseload or resource transition plan as deemed necessary by the Justice of the Peace Courts, the Maricopa County Superior Court or Maricopa County Justice Court Administration; (7) To Direct the County Recorder and Director of Elections accept the: a) nomination paper of any candidate for the office of precinct committeeman who is otherwise in compliance with applicable law, and b) signatures of qualified electors who otherwise meet the statutory requirements for signing nomination petitions as set out in A.R.S. §§16-314, 16-315, 16-321, 16-322, 16-822, on any nomination petition for a candidate to the office of precinct committeeman; if such candidate and signers, respectively, are qualified electors of a voting precinct in which the candidate resides at the time of filing as reflected by voting precinct boundaries adopted by the Board of Supervisors as of February 6, 2012, or any subsequent voting precinct boundaries precleared by the Department of Justice or implemented by a Federal Court for use in the 2012 elections; and (8) To authorize the County Recorder and Director of Elections calculate the nomination petition signature requirements based on the March 1, 2012, voter registration figures for the election precincts as designated by the County Board of Supervisors as of February 06, 2012, or by this action of the Board of Supervisors when it becomes effective, or by any subsequent precinct boundaries precleared or implemented by a Federal Court for use in the 2012 elections. The County Recorder or Director of Elections shall certify for the ballot or pursuant to A.R.S. §16-822 any candidate who is qualified by law and who obtains the minimum number of valid signatures from within the voting precinct in which he or she resides at the time of filing as designated by the County Board of Supervisors as of February 06, 2012, or by this action of the Board of Supervisors when it becomes effective, or by any subsequent precinct boundaries precleared or implemented by a Federal Court for use in the 2012 elections, whichever number of required signatures is fewer. State law requires the County Board of Supervisors define the boundaries of its supervisorial districts on or before December 1 following the release of the U. S. decennial census data (A.R.S. § 11-212), to make the division of supervisorial districts equal or with not more than ten per cent difference in population. The Board of Supervisors shall define the boundaries and limits of each district within a special health care district so that each district equal or as nearly equal in population as is practicable (A.R.S. § 48-5502). In addition, the Board of Supervisors shall, on or before December 1 of each year preceding the year of a general election, establish and set the boundaries of election precincts (A.R.S. § 16-411). The five community college district boundaries are redefined at the same time as the election precincts are redefined (A.R.S. §15-1441). Finally, state law allows the Board of Supervisors to establish and redistrict justice of the peace precinct boundaries as convenience requires and, in any event, to redraw the boundaries in order to reduce judicial productivity credits for any precinct which exceeds twelve hundred (1,200) credits (A.R.S. § 22-101, 22-125). The precise changes are shown on the Supervisor/Special Health Care District/ Community College District Boundary Map, the Justices of the Peace Precinct Boundary Map, and the Election Precinct Boundary Map, and accompanying legal descriptions, which are proposed for adoption by the Board of Supervisors and incorporated herein by reference. It is important to note that approval of the boundary changes by the Board of Supervisors only become effective if the lines are precleared or implemented by a Federal Court for use in the 2012 elections. (C-21-12-005-7-00)