Val Swift, Hamilton County Surveyors Office
VOTER REGISTRATION & PRECINCT MAPPING: WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO? MAINTAIN DATABASE OF REGISTERED VOTERS (THE STATE MAINTAINS THE DATABASE) MAINTAIN VOTING PRECINCTS WITHIN SIZE LIMITS – BY NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS, NOT POPULATION (THE COUNTY BREAKS DOWN THE NUMBERS TO REDISTRICT WHERE NECESSARY)
RULES? CONSIDERATIONS? CHALLENGES (PROBLEMS)? FOLLOW CENSUS BLOCK LINES CORPORATE BOUNDARIES CITY…. OR TOWN HOLY ANNEXATIONS LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES CITY/TOWN COUNCIL DISTRICTS
TOWN RULES
CITY RULES
HOLY SWISS CHEESE!
TECHNICOLOR ZIP CODES
Fishers: 5 zips
WHAT (DATA) WE HAD VOTER DATA WHAT (DATA) WE DID NOT HAVE ADDRESS POINTS WITH WHICH TO MATCH THE VOTERS
SO… WHAT WE REALLY NEEDED WAS SOME MORE…
NICE SHINY DATA
RELIABLE ADDRESS POINTS… LOTS OF THEM.
DIAL 911? WELL…YES. THE COUNTYS 911 PROJECT INCLUDED ADDRESS POINTS FOR APARTMENTS WHICH WAS THE DATA THAT THE PARCEL INFORMATION COULDNT PROVIDE
GEOCODING RESULTS MATCHES: 153, % TIES: % UNMATCHED: % TOTAL: 161, %
REALLY GOOD MATCHING
GREAT MATCHING
WEST…EAST…OOPS
DATA ENTRY ERRORS
ADDRESS SORTING ISSUES
911 ADDRESS TABLE: CHERRY HILL FARMS
VOTER REGISTRATION TABLE
911 ADDRESS TABLE
ANALYSIS: ITLL WORK… ITS (THE PROJECT) ALIVE!! THE NUMBERS DIDNT COME OUT EVEN ADDRESS ERRORS IN VOTER DATABASE WHICH IS THE CORRECT ADDRESS WHERE ARE SOME OF THE CONFLICTS ORIGINATING
REAL LIFE APPLICATIONS REDISTRICTING (COUNTY POPULATION INCREASES MORE THAN 10,00/YR) ANNEXATIONS (AVERAGE 55 PER YEAR SINCE THE 2000 CENSUS)
ANNEXATIONS 2001: : : : : : : 8 (THROUGH FEB)
ANNEXATIONS
KEY TASK: IDENTIFYING VOTERS IN NEWLY ANNEXED AREAS CITY/TOWN COUNCIL DISTRICT FOR REDISTRICTING
SOLUTIONS REFINE THE GEOCODING PROCESS ESTABLISH WORKFLOWS DETERMINE WHAT REPORTS ARE NEEDED TRAINING