The Salisbury City Council invites members of the public to participate in four open forums it will hold for the purpose of obtaining public input on election redistricting. Redrawing lines of voting districts is considered following the release of population and demographic figures from each U.S. Census, the last being held in 2010.
The times and locations are listed below:
March 13, 2012 (Tuesday)
Faith Baptist Church
30505 Dagsboro Rd.
6:30pm – 8:00pm
March 20, 2012 (Tuesday)
Parkway Church of God
Rt. 50 & 600 Edison St.
6:30pm – 8:00pm
Parkway Church of God
Rt. 50 & 600 Edison St.
6:30pm – 8:00pm
March 27, 2012 (Tuesday)
Harvest Baptist Church
119 South Blvd.
6:30pm – 8:00pm
Harvest Baptist Church
119 South Blvd.
6:30pm – 8:00pm
April 2, 2012 (Monday)
Government Office Bldg. Council Chambers
125 N. Division St.
12:30pm – 2:00pm
Government Office Bldg. Council Chambers
125 N. Division St.
12:30pm – 2:00pm
Districts must be drawn in compliance with the Voting Rights Act Section 2 and in consideration of a number of factors, such as compactness, contiguity, respect for “communities of interest” and others. Salisbury also operates its elections under a court consent order of the late 1980s, which created the current two-district system.
A base map showing the areas of the city with majority-black (yellow) and majority-white census blocks (green) is found on the City’s website, www.ci.salisbury.md.us, under “Latest News.” That section also contains three plans advanced by the mayor. The city council is awaiting public input on these and any other suggestions or plans the public may advance before deliberating on final district lines to be drawn.
Input and questions may also be directed to the entire council via email to ALLCityCouncilMembers@ci.salisbury.md.us, or by calling the Office of the City Clerk, (410) 548-3140.
3 comments:
Why are we guided and directed to divide ourselves by the color of our skin? Has anybody ever read Article 1 Section 2 of our Constitution? We are instructed to have representatives by "the whole number of free persons". Not who is black or white.
That's how it should be done. Salisbury is laid out as a "starburst" configuration, and the voting districts should start out at 13 and Main street and drawn in radial lines from there to the city limits according to POPULATION.
I would LOVE to access the city website, but your link takes you to a page that requires a user name and password.
http://www.ci.salisbury.md.us/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx
That's the Home page
http://www.ci.salisbury.md.us/cityclerk/briefingbook/sbyredistbasemap.pdf
That's the map
Routes 13 & 50 divide Salisbury into 4 quadrants fairly well. Let's get really creative here and call one "District One", and another "District Two, and another....
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