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THTRft1KGTpti 5}I I'TH <br />Geoffrey E. Gledhill <br />8 October 1996 <br />Page 2. <br />16 <br />Once residency districts are established, either through a local act of the General <br />.Assembly or by the referendum process in the statute, I believe there are only two ways to <br />redraw the districts. One is through the referendum process of G.S. 153A-58 The other is <br />through a local act which specifies the new lines. Occasionally, the legislature will pass a local <br />act which lives the county commissioners the authority to redraw residency districts. The most <br />recent example is Chapter 80 of the 1995 Session Laws, a local act for Chatham County. That <br />act was intentionally vague in stating how close in population the districts must be, saying only <br />that the redistricting needed tc make the districts "more nearly equal." The Chatham <br />commissioners, in fact, chose a plan based on precinct lines and with a greater deviation among <br />districts than would be permitted by one-person one-vote. <br />Please let me know if you would like to discuss this further.. <br />Best regards, <br />THARAINGTON SMITH, L.L.P. <br />~ lam; ~{,.~,. t <br />Michael Crowell <br />MC/vm <br />