BACK TO: Voting Rights Act Adjustments A Presentation to the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission February 9, 2004

Summary of Test (s) GOAL: Adjust competitive plans for compliance with Judge’s order and findings on Voting Rights Process: Unite each reservation and meet Coalition II plan Hispanic community targets

Plan to present A1 VRA 2 Adjustments to Competitive Test Plan A1 Similar work underway on B1, A2 and B2 Overall impact on competitiveness and other characteristics of those plans is expected to be similar

Competitiveness 5 4 3 7 23 14 22 16 10 6 21 AQD < 7% 1990s Plan Grid 2001 Plan 2002 Plan 2004 Plan Hall-Minkoff Test Comp A1 Comp B1 Comp A2 Comp B2 A1 VRA 2 AQD < 7% 5 4 3 7 23 14 22 16 10 JudgeIt < 7% 6 21

City Splits 1990s Plan Grid 2001 Plan 2002 Plan 2004 Plan Hall-Minkoff Test Comp A1 Comp B1 Comp A2 Comp B2 A1 VRA 2 Split Cities 17 22 16 15 31 41 30 42 33 # of Splits 54 61 57 112 130 114 137 115

Compactness 10 8 16 3 P-P <0.17 Perimeter Sum 1990s Plan Grid Hall-Minkoff Test Comp A1 Comp B1 Comp A2 Comp B2 A1 VRA 2 P-P <0.17 10 8 16 3 Perimeter Sum 10,448 6,717 8,687 8,735 8,814 8,795 11,219 10,067 12,033 10,841 8,760

BACK TO: Voting Rights Act Adjustments A Presentation to the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission February 9, 2004