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PREAMBLE <br />Three different variations of potential district elections maps/plans (of the original initial <br />5 draft maps/plans) are provided. The maps/plans are as follows: <br />PROPOSAL 2 <br />FIVE COMMISSIONERS WITH TWO MULTIMEMBER DISTRICTS <br />ONE THREE-MEMBER DISTRICT & ONE TWO-MEMBER DISTRICT <br />All five members could be nominated in the Primaries either by their respective <br />District Voters OR by all County Voters, and all five members would be elected <br />in General Election by all County Voters, <br />PROPOSAL3 <br />SEVEN COMMISSIONERS -ONE TWO-MEMBER DISTRICT/TWO SINGLE <br />MEMBER DISTRICTS/THREE AT LARGE <br />The four members from the three districts must reside in those respective districts <br />and could be nominated in the Primaries either by their respective District Voters <br />OR by all County Voters, Three at-large members would be nominated in the <br />Primaries by all County Voters. All seven members would be elected in the <br />General Election by all County Voters. <br />PROPOSAL 5 <br />FIVE COMMISSIONERS -ONE TWO-MEMBER DISTRICT/ONE SINGLE <br />MEMBER DISTRICT/TWO AT LARGE <br />The three members from the two districts must reside in those respective districts <br />and could be nominated in the Primazies either by their respective District Voters <br />OR by all County Voters. Two at-large members would be nominated in the <br />Primaries by all County Voters.. All five members would be elected in the <br />General Election by all County Voters. <br />A set of DRAFT Principles and a DRAFT Process/Timetable is also provided for review. <br />Other documents detailing the base census data upon which these initial maps were <br />developed are also provided. The information detailed includes the 2000 Census total <br />population, the "ideal population" for district delineation, the population ranges <br />permissiblern districts based on legal provisions, and the actual population numbers of <br />the delineated districts for each plan. <br />