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Fortunately, the department uses GIS for election tasks . Applications based on ESRI GIS technology have helped radically transform internal business processes and data management in the department. Tasks that were previously cumbersome and labor intensive have been streamlined or eliminated with the implementation of an award a. winning, money saving GIS . The Recorder/ Elections Department GIS has worked its way into most aspects of the county's election processes . Some of the department's GIS activities include • Applications for precinct planning and redistricting • Maintenance of streets, districts , and jurisdictional boundaries in the GIS and voter registration system • Printed and online precinct and district maps for the public , candidates , and incumbents • Preelection planning such as polling place siting , delivery routing , and custom - mapping • The Online Polling Place Locator, which identifies and maps a voter's polling place Election night dynamic display of reported precincts ,. 0 Postelection mapping and analysis of turnout and results Accurate geocoding of the county's 1 .5 million registered voters • Assistance to other government agencies around the state • Mapping and analysis to support county court cases • Participation in the city of Phoenix Summer Youth Work Experience Program through Arizona Call-a-Teen One particularly noteworthy GIS application is the department's online mapping presence at recorder. maricooa . gov/ maps. At the ArcIMS-powered Web site , visitors can choose from several map viewers that range from a simple , one-click navigation viewer to a viewer with sophisticated navigation , display, and analysis features . This gives everyone access to political information—from first time Internet mapping users to more advanced users with more demanding requirements . More than 1 , 100 static , preformatted maps , created in ArcMap and saved in Adobe Acrobat PDF format , can be viewed online or printed . The department has found the flexibility of ArcIMS to be particularly useful . The internal "Elections Department only" version of the Web site expands the data available to include " possible polling places and click-and-report access to individual voter information . The department's Polling Place Locator is available prior to elections for voters to enter their address to find out where to vote . This application alone received tens of thousands of hits for the November 2002 general election on election day and the day before . During the redistricting of Maricopa County's supervisor districts and judicial precincts, an Internet application was provided that allowed users to sign up , log on , and draw their own redistricting plans using some of the sophisticated grouping and reporting features normally found in desktop redistricting software . This application was well received by a public eager to actively participate in the redistricting process . The county court system also used the application to examine jury pool demographics . Finally, the department has partnered with the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission (www . azredistrictina org ) , the five-member commission chosen to redraw Arizona 's legislative and congressional districts , to support the Web site and online mapping capability. 196 GIS Needs Assessment and Implementation Plan Chapter 1 - Departmental GIS Needs Assessment