County unveils proposed districts
 
By JIM SECKLER
Mohave Daily News
Mohave County

Mohave County officials unveiled a proposed redistrict map that expands the supervisory districts from three to five, as mandated by the county's 2010 census of more than 200,000 people.

KINGMAN — The second round of public meetings on the 2012 redistricting project have now been set with the first being held in Bullhead City.

Mohave County is in the process of expanding the supervisor districts from three to five districts and redraw the boundaries lines to match population growth in time for the 2012 elections. Finalized district maps will be drawn up from the input from the two rounds of public meetings.

The elections department also released the first look at the district maps, which are on the elections website and linked to redistricting. All 10 of Bullhead City precincts along with Davis Dam would be in District 3. Fort Mohave, Mohave Valley and Topock precincts would be in District 1. Oatman would be in District 4. Bullhead City and Fort Mohave precincts are currently in District 2. Mohave Valley precincts are currently in District 3.

Map options will be presented to the county supervisors for approval possibly by September. The plans will then be submitted to the federal Department of Justice also by September. The project is required to be completed by Dec. 1. The supervisors will define the boundaries and make the districts equal to each other, with no district having a 10 percent difference in population.

The first public meeting will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. next Tuesday in Room 210 at Mohave Community College’s campus located at 3400 Highway 95 in Bullhead City. Meetings will also be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Aug. 24 at the MCC campuses in Lake Havasu City and Aug. 25 in Kingman. A meeting will also be held Aug. 29 in Beaver Dam and Aug. 30 at MCC’s North campus in Colorado City.

A questionnaire is also available on the elections department’s Web site for public input into the redistricting plan. The Web site also has 2010 census information including population by district, supervisor district, cities and towns. The 2010 census puts the county’s population at 200,186. Also on the website is a map of Mohave Community College’s five districts.

Besides changing to five supervisor districts, the county will also change MCC’s boundaries, the justice of the peace districts and the Western Arizona Vocation Education’s Joint Technical Education District. Those districts already have five districts.
 
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Originally published Tuesday, August 16, 2011
 
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