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18 February 2022
Richmond
City Council to add additional public meeting to its Redistricting Richmond Decennial Voter District
Redistricting public engagement process
Meeting to be held Wednesday, February
23, 2022, at 3:30 p.m.
Richmond,
Virginia – In
Richmond City Council’s continued
efforts to provide public awareness, engagement, and transparency for its Richmond Decennial Voter District Redistricting process
over the last number of months, Council
has added an additional public meeting to its public information
and engagement schedule.
The additional
Redistricting meeting will be held Wednesday, February 23, 2022, at 3:30 p.m. and will be to review
Richmond Decennial Voter District Redistricting
demonstration maps and determine a map or maps for it to propose for
introduction for official Council consideration.
· Wednesday,
February 23, 2022; 3:30 p.m.
Richmond
City Council Special Meeting - Redistricting
Public Engagement, Information, and Participation
Richmond residents are invited and encouraged to participate
and be involved in the 2021/2022 Richmond
Decennial Voter District Redistricting process and to share their comments, thoughts, and/or ideas regarding proposed plan or plans to be considered. The Richmond
Voter Districts are to be redistricted in 2022.
Visit the Redistricting webpage portal
Want learn more about redistricting, see and engage with
demonstration maps, or missed a Council Redistricting Information and Engagement Meeting or Map Drawing Demonstration session and/or just want to see again,
please visit the Richmond
City Council Redistricting information webpage portal (https://www.rva.gov/richmond-city-council/redistricting).
Richmonders
interested in the process
Richmonders interested in the process are encouraged, invited, and requested to please take the
opportunity to contact the
Richmond City Council member that represents them (https://www.rva.gov/richmond-city-council/council-contacts) for more information and/or to share
their thoughts and ideas regarding redistricting.
Find Your Richmond Voter District
Richmond residents not sure who their individual Councilmember is, can use
the following helpful portal, if needed, to assist in identifying their
individual Richmond Voter District:
·
Richmond Real Estate Property Search
Database https://apps.richmondgov.com/applications/propertysearch/Search.aspx (note: once you’ve entered your address, use
the Govt. tab to identify your Voter Districts)
About
Redistricting
Every 10 years (Decennially), following
the release of the decennial census by the U.S. Bureau of the Census, voter
districts across the nation are updated (reapportioned and redistricted) to
reflect population shifts and changes during that time in order to provide equality
of representation on behalf of voting residents when participating in general,
primary, and/or special governmental elections.
How Richmond Voter Districts are used
To operate
our local government services, our city is divided into nine
geographic/demographic Richmond Voter Districts. We, as Richmond residents, use
these to elect individual local members of Richmond City Council, Richmond
Public Schools Board of Trustees, and a Mayor (who must earn the most votes in
five of the nine Richmond Voter Districts).
Richmond Redistricting
State law
requires Richmond City Council to reapportion/redistrict the local Richmond
Voter Districts boundaries every 10 years based on U.S. Census data. This is
known as the Richmond Decennial Voter District Redistricting process. The
updated Richmond Voter Districts are to be established in 2022.
Public input is actively solicited,
requested, encouraged, and invited
Richmond City
Council also solicits, encourages, invites, and requests interested Richmond
residents, in accordance with Virginia law, to offer, submit, suggest, and
share public comments, including (but not limited to) data, questions,
alternate plans, suggestions, etc., via the following helpful ways:
a.
Mail: Richmond City Council/Richmond Decennial Voter District
Redistricting
Richmond City Hall; 900 E.
Broad Street, Suite 305; Richmond, Virginia 23219
b.
Fax: 804.646.5468
c.
Email at: Contact Richmond Decennial Voter District Redistricting information portal via email, at redistricting@rva.gov.
Richmond
City Council continues to be committed to ensuring the 2021/2022 Richmond
Decennial Voter District Redistricting process and plan are clearly defined,
transparent, inclusive, and equitable and are driven by and responsive to
providing opportunity for public engagement, involvement, inclusion,
discussion, awareness, feedback, deliberation, comment, and input on behalf of
Richmond residents.
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Stay up-to-date with Richmond City Council-related news at:
Richmond City
Council - Richmond City Hall - 900 East Broad Street, Suite 305 - Richmond,
Virginia 23219 U.S.A. - 804.646.2778
(tel) - 804.646.5468 (fax) - www.richmondgov.com/citycouncil
