The Vance County Commissioners will meet on Wednesday, Nov. 17 to review the proposed voting district map.
Chairman Dan Brummitt called the special meeting, which will begin at 5 p.m. in the commissioners’ conference room of the county administration building, 122 Young St., Henderson.
This information comes from Clerk to the Board Kelly H. Grissom.
Vance County had to redraw voting district lines following the release of the 2020 Census data.
The proposed redrawn district lines will affect several of the seven districts in Vance County, and according to information from the county, there remain a few small areas that need more tweaking.
The ideal number of residents in each district is 6,083, according to complicated algorithms used in making the calculations for ensuring the districts are as balanced as possible.
According to the map’s legend, District 4 comes the closest to this ideal number with 6,086. The other district populations are: District 1 – 6,073; District 2 – 6,044; District 3 – 6,111; District 5 – 6,101; District 6 – 6,088; and District 7 – 6,075.
Some of the proposed changes include:
- An area with general boundaries of Carey Chapel Road, Stewart Farm Road and Daniel Harris Road will move to District 3 from District 2;
- Several pockets of District 5 will move to District 2, including one area bounded by Charles, East and Water streets and one area around Boddie, Lamb and Main streets;
- An area in the vicinity of Vance Academy Road and Old County Home Road will move from District 7 to District 4;
- An area near Dorsey Road and Oxford Road will leave District 7 and move to District 6;
- An area near Parker Lane and Meadow Lane will move from District 5 to District 7;
- An area near Shirley Drive and Yadkin Street will go from District 7 to District 5;
- A portion of District 1 with general borders of Old Hester Place, Willow Creek Run, and Hicksboro, St. Andrews Church and Kings roads will move to District 5;
- and a portion of District 5 near Barham Lane and Glendas Lane will move to District 1
There remain several spots on the proposed district map that need a little more work, including along the line shared between Districts 2 and 5 and along the lines shared between Districts 3 and 6.
To view the map with the proposed changes, visit: https://www.vancecounty.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Redistricting-Proposed-Plan-C.pdf
