MI Pro Redistricting Tool Flagler County Darlene Walker

New District Assignments Getting Started Devise a plan or several plans reducing precincts increasing number of voters per original block table - save copy as

GeoElections  Voter’s attached to blocks 1.Set-Up 2.Block Prep 3.Block Update

Check Digit Grouping Control Panel Region and Language Options English (United States) then Customize Select first one ( ) Apply then OK

Redistricting Allows you to create new districts, realign existing, all the while doing calculations of the attached data on the fly for instant analysis and decision making. Two key concepts: District Browser Target District

District Browser Key to process of creating and changing districts Target District Selected record in the browser

Map Set-Up  Open save copy as block table  Positioned last  Open all districts (twice)  Layer Control  Districts will have no fill  Weight of line will be set to 4 and white  Weight of line will be set to 1 or 2 and be a color  Do this for all Districts  Make all districts Unselect able

Open Blocks &Districts

Redistrict Feature Window – New Redistrict Window Source Table – block table for current plan District Field – Precinct Fields to Browse – Fill, Count, Precinct and Sum(VOTER_POP) OK (this will color code your precincts)

You will need to keep your block table at the bottom and unselect all other districts

Change Fill Color Original Change – click on fill color & OK

To Order Precincts

Changing Districts

Selecting Blocks Select blocks (1 or more at a time with shift key) Select precinct they are going to (in District Browser) Redistrict - Assign

Assigned To New District Precinct 11: Count 34 to 0 Pop 596 to 0 Precinct 2: Count 119 to 153 Pop 1415 to 2011 Precinct 11: To delete, select in browser go to redistrict, select Delete Target District

Creating A New Precinct Your District Browser will ***** have the first Dis1 1 Select the box Redistrict – Add District Change name to what you want and proceed in building your new precinct

Saving To save style changes, you must save the redistricting session as a workspace (style changes only apply to thematic layer, not the table) Save Table will only save the district assignment changes (district changes apply to table) Save Copy As to permanently as a Plan A etc.