PowerPoint Presentation (Added 8/20/21)

City of  Glendale
Introduction to 2021 Redistricting
August 24, 2021

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Redistricting Process
Step
Description
March 31, 2021
Statutory deadline for Census Bureau to deliver 2020 Census Data
August 12, 2021
Actual date of  release of  “legacy format” 2020 Census Data
September
Community Workshops
One or more workshops to solicit community input in the map 
redrawing.
October 12
Council Workshop
Nov. 9
Council Deliberations
Nov. 23
Council Adoption
December 15, 2021
County’s requested date to receive adopted map. 
February 2, 2021
Statutory deadline to adopt map (Arizona Statute 9-473)
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Equal Population
Federal Voting Rights Act
No Racial Gerrymandering
Federal Laws
Traditional Redistricting 
Principles
Communities of interest
Compact
Contiguous
Visible (Natural & man-made) 
boundaries
Respect voters’ choices / continuity 
in office
Planned future growth
Minimize voters shifted to different 
election years
Preserving the core of existing 
election areas
Redistricting Rules and Goals
“[N]early equal number of 
inhabitants”
“[C]ontiguous territory in as 
compact form as possible.”
Arizona Statute 9-473.B. 
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Demographic Summary of  Existing 
Districts
Each of the six 
districts must 
contain close to 
41,388 people.
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2020 Census
Dev
PctDev
Barrel
42,188
801
1.9%
Cactus
43,132
1,745
4.2%
Cholla
38,795
-2,593
-6.3%
Ocotillo
41,336
-52
-0.1%
Sahuaro
40,126
-1,262
-3.0%
Yucca
42,748
1,361
3.3%
Total
248,325
4,337 1 0.48%
Ideal
41,388

5
Latinos are concentrated 
in Ocotillo.
The pink areas around 
Luke are very small-
population Census Blocks.
Latino CVAP
No other concentrations of “protected class” populations.
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Public Mapping Tool Options
Tools for every level of technology comfort:
1.
Paper and Excel tools
2.
Simple online data review tools
3.
Simple online community mapping tool
Story Map
Interactive 
Review Map
Paper 
Maps
Excel 
Supplement
DistrictR
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7
Requested Guidance
1.
Number of Workshops
2.
Public Mapping Option(s), if any
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