Just in case you wanted to spend your Friday night looking at redistricting maps (and let's be honest, some of you do) the @ArizonaIRC has new congressional and legislative maps ready to go. LD map 14.0 and CD maps 11.0, 11.1 and 11.2 are here. redistricting-irc-az.hub.arcgis.com/pages/final-dr…
LD map 14.0 takes the LD map approved today, adds 5 Latino Coalition districts, shifts some lines around in the West Valley, and moves a few thousand people from LD14 to LD13. irc-az.maps.arcgis.com/home/webmap/vi…
CD map 11.0. The primary change from the previous map is that it took the blocks of Glendale east of Luke AFB out of CD7 and CD3 and moved them into CD9. irc-az.maps.arcgis.com/home/webmap/vi…
CD map 11.1 takes the 11.0 map and incorporates Mehl's proposed changes in the border between CD6 (yellow) and CD7 (brown), which brings CD6 from R+0.8% to R+4.9%. The boundary between Broadway and the river now goes out to Craycroft. irc-az.maps.arcgis.com/home/webmap/vi…
CD map 11.2 takes the 11.0 and adds Lerner's proposal to move Casa Grande from CD6 to CD2, and move Gold Canyon from CD2 to CD5. CD6 goes from R+0.8% to R+0.2%. CD2 shaves a mere 0.2% off the GOP advantage, which is still at R+6.6%. irc-az.maps.arcgis.com/home/webmap/vi…
The biggest differences between LD maps 13.1 and 14.0 are in the VRA districts. Map 14.0 uses the Latino Coalition's proposals for LDs 1, 4, 5, 6 and 7 in Maricopa County. Here's a side-by-side comparison.
One more noteworthy change between LD maps 13.1 and 14.0 is the addition of an earlier Latino Coalition plan for LD21, which snakes along the border to take Bisbee and gives up eastern Santa Cruz County to LD19. The original plan had the arm going all the way to Douglas.
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The @ArizonaIRC is about to begin today's meeting, with the goal of approving final maps by Wednesday. I'll tweet out the link to watch live as soon as I have it. For the meantime, follow my tweets throughout the day for redistricting updates.
We're still waiting for the next iteration of the congressional maps — Lerner still has some suggestions for her version, I believe — but here's the latest on the legislative districts, LD map 15.0 irc-az.maps.arcgis.com/home/webmap/vi…
Neuberg says they'll continue where they left off yesterday, with Lerner providing more suggestions for changes to the CD map. She says this will be the last opportunity for commissioners to do separate maps. We've heard that before though.
It's Sunday afternoon, and you know what means — redistricting half day! The @ArizonaIRC will meet for four hours starting at 1pm as they strive to approve final maps by Wednesday, their self-imposed deadline.
CD map 11.0 makes consensus changes to CD3, CD7 and CD9 in the West Valley. CD map 11.1 has Mehl's proposal for the CD6/CD7 boundary in Tucson. And CD map 11.2 has Lerner's preferred Tucson boundary, moves Casa Grande from CD6 to CD2 and moves Gold Canyon from CD2 to CD5.
The @ArizonaIRC is about to begin today's meeting. They're expecting (or at least hoping) to approve their congressional and legislative draft maps today. Here's the agenda, which has a link where you can tune in. irc.az.gov/sites/default/…
They've got another meeting scheduled to begin tomorrow at 8am, which doesn't necessarily fill me with hope that they'll finish today. I'm told the meeting was scheduled mainly as a precaution, just in case it's necessary.
Today's meeting of the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission will begin in a few minutes. You can tune in here:
This is a business meeting for the AIRC, not a map-drawing meeting. But they'll be taking some input from Dem commissioners Lerner and Watchman on changes they'd like to see to the proposed legislative districts in southern Arizona.
Last week's meetings ended with some acrimony as Lerner objected to the AIRC's decision to use six legislative districts drawn and submitted by the Southern Arizona Leadership Council, a Tucson business group that Commissioner Mehl is a member of. azmirror.com/2021/10/22/red…
The @ArizonaIRC will begin in a few minutes. You can tune in here:
Here's a link to the IRC's agenda for today, which has a link to watch via Webex, if you prefer irc.az.gov/sites/default/…
Today is the day the commissioners had hoped they might be able to approve draft maps. They still seem like they've got a fair amount of work to do on the legislative map, but they could be pretty close on the congressional districts.
Welcome back for more redistricting fun. The @ArizonaIRC is about to begin today's meeting. The agenda has a link where you can tune in, and you can follow me for updates throughout the day. irc.az.gov/sites/default/…
Not everyone on the commission is happy with how yesterday's legislative map was shaking out, so they may take a step back and revert to an older version, with some modifications azmirror.com/2021/10/20/red…
The map they adopted yesterday basically plugged in the 8 proposed lege districts submitted by the Latino Coalition and the mapping team kind of wrapped the IRC's proposals around that. Neuberg suggested it should've been the other way around.