Author: Catherine Wang Xiang
Redistricting Principle(s) Prioritized: Good Government
Date: Feb 1, 2022
This map prioritizes keeping counties intact and respecting voting district boundaries. The districts do not have perfect population equality (deviation is 22 people, or 0.003%). Still, the map complies with law due to the legitimate objective of consistently preserving voting district boundaries in Tennant v. Jefferson County Commission, 2012.
The 2010 map had five county splits (Belknap, Grafton, Hillsborough, Merrimack, Rockingham) and one city/town split (Tilton Northfield, which is located across two different county boundaries). This map has only one county subdivision split (Sullivan) and the same single city/town split (Tilton Northfield). No voting district boundaries were historically split in the last cycle, nor are they split in this 2020 map.