District 2 Reprecincting Virtual Public Meeting
 Over the next several months, the County will be entering a busy phase of redistricting and reprecincting. While the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission is responsible for redrawing Congressional and Legislative district lines every 10 years after the U.S. Census is released, Maricopa County is responsible for updating voting precincts, Justice Court precincts and the Board of Supervisors district boundaries (A.R.S. §§ 16-411 and 22-101).
The County plans to consider changes to the boundaries in three phases. The first phase will consider the proposed voting precinct and justice court precincts. The public can view the proposed maps, provide public comment and input on the proposed changes and register for the virtual meetings on our website at Reprecincting.Maricopa.Vote and Redistribucion.Maricopa.Voto.
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Phase 1 – Update Voting Precinct and Justice Court Precinct Lines (Before October 1st): To meet statutory (A.R.S. § 16-411) deadlines, the County will consider voting precincts and justice court precincts.
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Phase 2 - Align Voting Precents with Information Approved by the Independent Redistricting Commission IRC (Early 2022): The IRC is scheduled to release new congressional and state legislative boundaries in early January. The County will update voting precincts to ensure a precinct does not overlap two or more congressional or legislative district boundaries.
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Phase 3 – Redraw Board of Supervisor Districts (Spring - Summer 2022): Due to the delayed release of census data, the County will be redrawing the Board of Supervisor Districts after the IRC releases their new maps in January 2022. During the legislative session, SB1107 moved the deadline to redraw Board of Supervisor lines from December 1, 2021 to July 1, 2022. These changes will not go into effect until January 2024.
Phase 1 Virtual Meetings
To inform the public of the proposed changes, the Board of Supervisor Offices, the Justice Courts, and the Elections Department hold five virtual public comment meetings beginning tonight, September 7th. The public may RSVP at Reprecincting.Maricopa.Vote, by emailing voterinfo@risc.maricopa.gov or by calling 602-506-1511. Each public meeting will focus on one Supervisorial District, reviewing the proposed changes in detail for that district. The presentation will also include a short overview of how the County’s redistricting activities align with the redistricting efforts performed by the Independent Redistricting Commission and other local Jurisdictions. The dates are as follows:
- Tuesday September 7 (4:00pm – 5:30pm) – District 2
- Wednesday September 8 (4:00pm – 5:30pm) – District 1
- Thursday September 9 (4:00pm – 5:30pm) – District 4
- Friday September 10 (4:00pm – 5:30pm) – District 3
- Monday September 13 (4:30pm – 6:00pm) – District 5
Sincerely,
Steve Chucri, District 2
Maricopa County Board of Supervisors
www.maricopa.gov/steve
602-506-7431
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