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76 <br /> 0 <br /> Z <br /> large to district voting in the first place. population imbalances after the census if If the boundaries were set by action of <br /> Second, they may have been set by the the local act does not provide a method the governing board,then you may pro- <br /> court order or the consent decree that for revising them.9 ceed under the boundary-revision statutes. <br /> moved you to district voting.Third,they If the boundaries were set by court <br /> may have been set by action of the gov- order or consent decree,you need to check May the General Assembly do the <br /> erning board.In the third case,the city the document to determine whether it pro- redistricting for you? <br /> council,the county commission, or the vides a method for revising the bound- Yes,if it is willing to do so,except per- <br /> school board acted under the authority aries.There are three possibilities.First, haps in the case of districts set by court <br /> of statutes specifically giving it this line- the document may set the boundaries order.The General Assembly retains the <br /> drawing authority.7 but provide no method for revision. In power to draw your district lines by <br /> that case you must consider whether you local act. If it exercised that power, it <br /> What difference does it make how need to go to the court that entered the could handle problems that might prove <br /> the current boundaries were set? order or the decree to get an order per- tricky for the local board,like assigning <br /> Your authority to change the current mitting you to revise boundaries.Second, incumbents to districts or shortening <br /> boundaries may depend on how they the document may both set the bound- current incumbents'terms.For more dis- <br /> were put into place. If the boundaries aries and provide a method for revision. cussion of this subject, see the later sec- <br /> were set by local act, then cities and If so, you must follow that method. tion on incumbency protection. <br /> counties are specifically authorized by Third,the document may set the bound- <br /> the boundary-revision statutes to revise aries and explicitly provide that they Are you required to redistrict? <br /> them to correct for population imbal- may be revised to correct for population <br /> ances after the 2000 census.'For school imbalances after a census,in which case Population imbalance triggers the obli- <br /> systems,the relevant statute says that the you may proceed under the boundary- gation to redistrict. Through much of <br /> board may revise them to correct for revision statutes.10 American history, the courts did not <br /> POPULAR GOVERNMENT SPRING 200I 5 <br />