Redistricting Plan

The proposed plan is a hybrid map composed of Community of Interest and Good Governance principles. Using data from Representable, a website that allows individuals to self-report their given communities of interest, exactly 562 communities were taken into consideration when creating the map. When the two principles came into conflict, keeping communities together was prioritized over keeping county boundaries intact. This was done to allow for community members to have equal representation in the redistricting process. This plan aligns with the Voting Rights Act and has five majority Black districts with over 50% Black CVAP. When creating these districts, it was necessary certain communities of interests and country lines were split to get the allotted 50%.