Board Of Aldermen - Minutes - 12/28/2021 - P45

e “Criteria are intended to make the drawing of

Redistricting Criteria

ward lines easy to identify and understand, and to
ensure fairness and consistency.” (National Council
of State Legislatures, “Redistricting Criteria”)

“A re-districting plan where overall statewide
deviation is less than or equal to 10 percent (i.e.,
the difference between the district with the lowest
negative deviation and the district having the
highest positive deviation) is presumed to be
constitutional under the federal constitutional
one-person-one-vote requirement.” (Guidelines hesie
and Legal Principles Applicable to Redistrictingthe, —
House, 2010.) x |