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SEP 2 4 10 BOOK 84 FnE X09 DISCUSS REDISTRICTING Supervisor of Elections Ann Robinson came before the.Board to go over the following three recommendations: September 17, 1991 TO: HON. DICK BIRD, CHAIRMAN, BCC FROM: ANN ROBINSON, SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS RE: ITEM FOR BCC AGENDA OF SEPTEMBER 24, 1991 Indian River County has received the block census figures thanks to the persistance of Sasan Rohani, Chief of -Long -Range Planning, so it's time to proceed with redistricting. His memos to me are attached. Our suggestions are as follows: 1. Move Precincts 40 and 45 from County Commission District 4, put them into District 2, combine and rename them Precinct 27, move the polling place to the Youth Center, 142719th Street. (The only reason Precinct 40 was divided into 40 and 45 after the 1980 census.and reapportionment was due to the Florida Legislature's dividing Precinct 40 into two congressional districts; it is unlikely that any new split would be the same.) 2. Redraw the boundary between Precincts 23 and 25 so that the new Precinct 23 would be expanded westward to 58th Avenue and north- ward to the north relief canal. This suggestion is made in response to the petitions filed in the elections office by Victor Hart, President, NAACP, from residents of Lincoln Estates Subdivision, King Highland Subdivision, and Highridge Mobile Home Park. It will make it more convenient for those residents to vote at Gifford Middle Seven. (Copies of those petitions are in the commission office.) 3. Discuss moving that part of Precinct 13 which is on the barrier island into Precinct 26. The existing Precinct 13 stretches from I-95 to the Atlantic Ocean. (A precinct map is•with this.) When you redistricted in 1985, the deviation in population among the districts was ±12%. The above suggestions will cause a deviation of ±90. Chairman Bird asked if anyone had any problems with the suggested boundaries, and Commissioner Scurlock believed the key is to have Planning staff do the demographics, have the Super- visor of Elections check them out, and not have politics enter into it in any way. Commissioner Eggert was very much in favor of having Precinct 13 stop at the west side of the Indian River rather than stretch over to the Barrier Island. She believed this makes it much more convenient for everyone. Mrs. Robinson informed the Board that she has been advised by Mr. Polverari that the Town of Orchid voted in favor of the recommended change which would put the Town into Precinct 26. 18