New Moore County Residency Districts
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Residency districts for the county commissioners and five of the eight members
of the school board were officially changed by the Moore County Board of
Commissioners Tuesday, January 3, 2012.
Board Chairman Larry Caddell made the motion to adopt Option 6 among the redistricting maps prepared by the county’s GIS (geographic information system) staff with the use of the latest census population voting blocks. Chris Koltyk, GIS director, presented the redistricting options for board scrutiny but made no recommendations. Option 6 achieves the intent to redistrict the population more equitably in keeping with the 2010 census while retaining the present members of both boards within the new districts. The redistricting will allow for a more balanced voter representation among the five districts. Moore County GIS |
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Chris Koltyk worked to create six options to address the growth.
Option 6 would even out the population between Districts 2 and 3 while
having no impact on the remaining districts. The line separating the
two districts would be redrawn without disrupting any current county or
school board seats.
All five county commissioners are voted on at large by all registered voters. Three school board members are elected at large, and the other five are elected from residency districts. The residency restriction thus applies to candidates for these offices, not to voters. The new districts change the pool of potential candidates residing within those districts but do not affect the way in which voters elect commissioners and school board members. |
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You may also view or download the new Moore County Residency District Map by using the link to the right:
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