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According to Arizona law, the Pima County Board of Supervisors is required to adopt new supervisor district boundary lines on or before December 1, 2011, following the release of the new 10-year U.S. Census numbers. The estimated population within each district must be equal, or vary by no more than 10 percent. The Census Bureau recently released county-level Census data for Arizona. Pima County was estimated to have a total population of 980,263. The most populous district, Supervisor Ray Carroll's District 4, was estimated to be 20 percent greater in population than the least populous district, Supervisor Richard Elias's District 5. Therefore the supervisors' district boundaries must be revised to more evenly distribute the county's population among the five members of the Board of Supervisors.
Pima Community College Board district boundaries are the same as the Pima County Board of Supervisors boundaries. They, too, will change as a result of the redrawing of supervisor districts.
This web page is designed to help the public provide comment to the Board of Supervisors' redistricting effort. If you have questions, please call (520) 740-8450.
The consolidation and splitting of voting precincts is being handled by the Pima County Elections Office. For information about the establishment of voter precincts, please contact the Pima County Elections Office at (520) 351-6830 www.pima.gov/elections.
Redistricting of Congressional and Legislative districts for the State of Arizona is being managed by an Independent Redistricting Commission. For questions or comments about the redrawing of congressional and legislative districts, please contact the Independent Redistricting Commission at www.azredistricting.org.
"Secretary Locke Thanks the American Public" photo used by permission of the U.S. Census Bureau
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