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�ENDA SECTION: <br />�teports � Recommendatians <br />�FFZirvc 4-2fi-76 <br />RE���ST F�R ���f��i�._��i"��� QA��: <br />ORIGiNATING DEPT./DIV.: <br />Adm <br />DEPT.HEAD QPPRQVAL, <br />` �r <br />�a J <br />ITEArE NO.: 17EM QESCRIPTIdN: VOt1T1� PT'BC171CtS MGR. R�ViEW�D/RECOMMENDS: <br />�'� F .i- <br />Raseville currently has 8 voting precincts as shown on. the attached map (Fxhibzt A). The <br />poli loca�ions, ntmtber af registered voters axzd I�:gzslative district for each precanct <br />are as follows: <br />Precinct <br />1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />� <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />Location <br />R4cCarrons Lake Schaol <br />Nor�h Heights School <br />Lexing�on. School <br />Lake Owasso Schaal <br />Har Mar Shopping Centex <br />Ram,sey High School <br />Fairview Junior High School <br />Lake Johanna Jr. High School <br />Total Registered Voters <br />Registered <br />Vaters <br />1,913 <br />3,450 <br />1,354 <br />3,401 <br />2,841 <br />2,715 <br />2,29� <br />2,166 <br />20,134 <br />Legislative <br />Distri:ct <br />49 A <br />48 B <br />b4 A <br />48 B <br />b2 B <br />48 B <br />48 B <br />4$ �i <br />Du.ring the �974 Genexaz Electi.on, Precin�ts 2 and 4 experienced difficulties with parking, <br />�vercrawding and iong lines. Because of this, the passibility of re-aligning preci.nct <br />ines an�. chan.ging po11 locations was considered. OrzginalJ.y �t was thought that some of <br />the poll�ng places shauld be relocated and that precinct bv�daries shou.�d be re-aligned <br />so that the larger precincts, in terms of ntunber of vc�ters, coul.d b� made more manageable. <br />(�t shauld be nated that precincts 1, 3�d 5, cannot be changed because their ba�daries <br />corxespon.d to legis�ative distr�ct boLmdaries). <br />In February of this year a meetang was held wiih the 8 preeinct.elec�ion judge ch�irmen to <br />discuss �he advantages an.d disadvantages o£ each of their po1� locations and to svlicit <br />thei� ideas about ad}ustzng precinct boundaries and changing po11 locations. <br />The s�ssion pxovided a good exchange af ideas. Al�hough there was same feeling that r�loca�t- <br />ing aIl the po11s and re-aligning the precinct lines was worthy o� further consideratian, the <br />daminant opinzon was that the existing po11 Iocations were satis�actary and that prabab�y <br />the best course of action was to split precincts 2 and 4, creating a new precinet. <br />At a subsequent meeting w�th the chairmen of precincts 2 and 4, i� was felt that splitting <br />thase tt� preeincts inta three was a reason�ble approach to reduce the severe proble� <br />experienced in 197A�. <br />Various altexnatives were explored on how precinc�s Z and 4 could be split. It was the goa7. <br />to estabJ.ish three precincts of approximate�y the same number of registexed voters. Six <br />alternatives, using we11 lmown streeis fox the praposed precinct lines were reviec�red. It <br />becam� evident that one alternative was far superiax to �he others. Th�s alternative wauld <br />create three prECincts having approxima.tely Z,406 votexs, 2,298 votexs and 2,147 voters. <br />The a�tachecl. map �x�;ba.t B) shows the proposed new precinct botmc�aries. . <br />it is recamm�nded tha� the nEw preci.nct be assigned the n�ber 9, al�hough it wil7. be ou� of <br />flrder in terms of the x�umbering system. This was done to avoid changing the numhers of the <br />other precincts which wauld only i:ncrease the cor�fusion £or the voters. <br />{continu�ed� <br />