City of Mesquite 2018 Districting City Council Districts Presented By: Gunnar Seaquist Partner, Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta LLP
City of Mesquite Time Line for 2018 Districting Process July 2oth First Day of Candidate Filing 2018 July 16th Regular Mtg. Acquire GIS data Develop Illustrative Plan(s) September 17th Regular Mtg. Public Comment Period Post Illustrative Plan(s) Hold One or More Public Hearing(s) November 5th Regular Mtg. November 19th Regular Mtg. 2019 August 19th Last Day to Call Election & Last Day of Candidate Filing September 5th Deadline to Adopt Plan Elec. Code 276.006 November 5th ELECTION DAY ELECTION PREPARATION July August September October November December January July August September November Considers and Adopts Criteria & Guidelines Resolution COUNCIL Meeting Presentation on Districting Principles and Process June 14th Final Results from Canvass Council Designates Illustrative Plans for Public Review Council Considers & Adopts Districting Plan Council Receives Report on Public Comments & Considers Possible Revisions to Plan(s) Dallas and Kaufman County Elections - Coding New Single Member Districts Regular Page 17meeting dates based upon the first and third Monday of each month 2018 2018 Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta LLP
Timeline for General Election Process November 5, 2019 Notice of Election publication period. Sec. 4.003 Early voting period. Sec. 85.001 Canvassing period. Sec. 67.003 December 15 December 5 November 19 November 18 November 8 November 5 November 1 October 26 October 21 October 15 October 6 September 16 September 6 August 23 August 19 July 20 June 20 Election Day 3711 S. MoPac Exp., Building One, Suite 300 Austin, Texas 78746 800-749-6646 512-472-8021 All section references refer to the Texas Election Code. 2018 BHDA
Redistricting Criteria Where possible, use easily identifiable geographic boundaries Facilitate practical voting precincts and adequate facilities for polling places Districts configured to be relatively equal in total population based on the 2010 census and any adjustments to that data. Deviation should not exceed 10% 2018 Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta LLP
Redistricting Criteria Design compact and contiguous districts Narrowly tailor the plan to address VRA considerations Avoid fragmenting any geographically compact minority community or packing minority voters 2018 Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta LLP
Redistricting Guidelines Proposed Plans: Submitted in writing and be legible Show all demographic and racial categories based upon the 2010 Census or, if possible, updated data developed by the City Plans should redistrict the entire City of Mesquite Plans should conform to the criteria Comments must be submitted in writing and be legible Comments and proposed plans must include person s full name and home address and provide a phone number and, if available, an email address All comments and proposed plans must be submitted to the City Council by the close of the public hearings 2018 Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta LLP
Next Steps Present illustrative plan to Council* (September 17th) Public input process (October 16 th and 18 th ) Finalize plan and adopt (November 19th) 2011 Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta LLP *Set Public Hearing Dates 2018 Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta LLP
City of Mesquite 2018 Districting City Council Districts Presented By: Gunnar Seaquist Partner, Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta LLP