Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission

The Redistricting Process

Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission

I’ Yep Piw Puuhut aw Antsani’ywisni

1. Why do we have an Redistricting Commission?

2. What is redistricting?3. What is the difference between

reapportionment and redistricting?4. Why do we have to redistrict?5. What guidelines need to be followed when

drawing new districts?6. What are the steps in the redistricting

process?7. How can public input be submitted to the

AIRC?3

1. Hintoq itam it yaynaya—Toonavit (Commission)?

2. I’ himu qalalni—piw ang tuuwuhitotani?3. Ima lööyom qa su’nanta?4. Hintoq itam it ang piw qalalantota?5. Hiita itam aw taywiskyaakyangw piw it ang

puuhut qalalni peenayani?6. Hin itam it ang antsani’ywisni?7. Hin sinom tuwat it aw yu’a’aykuyani, AIRC?

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1. Why do we have a Redistricting Commission?• This is the 2nd time Arizona's districts will be redrawn by the

Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission. • In 2000 Arizona voters approved Proposition 106 they created the

Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission and established a process and criteria for drawing new district lines.

• The commission is made up of two Democrats, two Republicans and an independent Chair elected by the other commissioners. The fifth member shall not be registered with any party already represented on the Commission.

• The 2011 AIRC members are:

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Scott Freeman, Vice Chair

Jose Herrera,

Vice Chair

Colleen Mathis,

Chair

Linda McNulty

Richard Stertz

Republican Democrat Independent Democrat Republican

Maricopa County Maricopa County Pima County Pima County Pima County

1. Hintoq itam it yaynaya—Toonavit (Commission)?• I’ pu’ löös ang piw peenaya, ima Toonavit. • 2000 ep sinom tuwat aw peenayaqey, imuy tuwat yaynaya,

Toonavit. Pu’ piw hin ima tumala’yyungni.• Ima yaasaniiqam it aw toonawta: • lööyom Democrats, lööyom Republican, suukya qa hakiy aw yanta,

pu’ it suukywa pay naala.• The 2011 AIRC members are:• Ima oovi yep peyyungqa it aw tangawta:

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Scott Freeman, Vice Chair

Jose Herrera,

Vice Chair

Colleen Mathis,

Chair

Linda McNulty

Richard Stertz

Republican Democrat Independent Democrat Republican

Maricopa County Maricopa County Pima County Pima County Pima County

2. What is Redistricting?• Redistricting is the process of redrawing congressional and

legislative district lines.

3. What is the difference between redistricting and reapportionment?

• The two terms are often used interchangeably. Technically, there is a difference.

• Reapportionment is the process of allocating congressional districts among the states based on changes in population. – Because of population growth over the last decade, Arizona was

allocated an additional congressional district after the 2010 census, going from eight to nine districts.

• Redistricting is the process of drawing the actual boundaries of the districts.

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2. I’ himu qalalni—piw ang tuuwuhitotani?• It tutskwat ang piw qalalantotani, piw’u—pam congressional

niqw legislative qalala.

3. Ima lööyom qa su’nanta?• Ima pay as naami hihin ha’yawta, niikyangw naat piw hin

lavaytingwu.• I’ tuwat yang hin sinom sino’iwtotiq, put pam aw yangkyangw

piw puuhut ang ima qalalni ang peenayangwu.– Yang haqe sinom sen wuuhaqti, sen piw hiisaq ang aa’pi’ytoti, put

I’ aw taykyangw akw yukiwta. Pay antsa as nanal ang peeniwta, niikyang pu’ pep ang peeniwta.

• Yan it tuwat ang qalalni peenayangwu, hiisa sinom ang tuwat yesngwu.

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4. Hintoq itam it ang piw qalalantota?

• Pay antsa it piw suukya aw hoyo, oovi nawus ima it ang piw peenayani, tutskwat ang’i. It ang piw qalalantote’, i’ sinmuy hiisaqniqam aw hoyoq, putaq pam warikiwta. Suukya hak aw naapeniwtaqa, it aw pam songqa hayawtani.

• Ispi yang sinom ephaqam wuuhaqtotingwu, sen piw qa aasatotingwu, kur pam piw pantiqw, nawus ima toonavit piw ang qalalantotangwu.

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5. What guidelines need to be followed when drawing new districts?

• A: Must comply with the U.S Constitution and the Voting Rights Act

• B: Equal Population– Criteria 1 and 2 are federally mandated. All plans

must satisfy these two criteria.• C: Compact and Contiguous• D: Respect communities of interest• E: Use visible geographic features, city town and

county boundaries, and undivided Census Tracts• F: Create competitive districts where no significant

detriment to other goals

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5. Hiita itam aw taywiskyaakyangw piw it ang puuhut qalalni peenayani?• A: Nawus it tutuvenit aw yankyangw it yayniwa, US

Constitution nit Voting Rights Act• B: Soosoyam su’an sino’iwyungwa– Ima naama Wasentot ang lavayta, oovi nawus ima

naama qa ayo hoyokngwu.• C: Huur nami yankyangw pu’ piw sumihinta.• D: Sinmuy kyaptsi’ykyangw piw yukiwta.• E: Yang it ang qalalantote’, pay ang hakim hisat

tuvoylatotaq, put akw puma ang hak peenayangwu.• F: It ang yukuye’, pumuy soosokmuy amungem ang

lomayukiwtini, qa naala hak soosok hiita himu’ytangwu.

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6. The AZ Redistricting Process• Start with a Grid Map• In some states, the previous plans are used as the

starting point for the new plans. That is not the case in AZ. In AZ, the starting point is the Grid Map per Prop. 106

The commencement of the mapping process for both the Congressional and Legislative districts shall be the creation of equal population in a grid-like pattern across the state.

• The initial grid map will likely only meet criteria B and C– B: Equal Population – C: Compact and Contiguous

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6. Hiita itam aw taywiskyaakyangw piw it ang puuhut qalalni peenayani

• It tutuvenit aw taykyaakyangw, pu’ ang peenayangwu.• Pay antsa peetu it hiita tutuvenit aw taywiskyangw,

putaq puma yaynayangwu. Yep Arizona ep qa panta, oovi nawus it tutuvenit aw tawiskyangw, pu’ peenayangwu, Prop. 106.

The commencement of the mapping process for both the Congressional and Legislative districts shall be the creation of equal population in a grid-like pattern across the state.

• Imuy pan aw yankyangw nawus yukiltingwu: B and C– B: soosoyam sino’iwyunqam su’nanyungwu – C: Huur yukiwkyangw piw sumihinta.

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The AZ Redistricting Process (continued)It aw piw yukuyaniqw, nawus navay ep i’ yanta:

• A: Voting Rights Act– Arizona’s congressional and legislative nawus it angqw, hiita

nanvotye, pu’ puma it aw tumaltotangwu, Department of Justice or a federal court under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. Kur it pas an aw yukilte’, it qa hakiy ayo hin hortoynangwu.

– It Section 5, Arizonat tuwi’at, pam pas qa hin piw a’ni alöngtingwu. It aw yukilte’ sinmuy peeni’am qa nawkilawngwu.

– Sen it qa su’an aw yukiltiqw, pay songqa yang hiisa sinom niqw pu’ ang neepanayaq, pu’ puma ang taywisngwu.

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The AZ Redistricting Process (continued)It tutskwat ang piw hin qalalantotani: • B: Ang sinoti, pam pay su’nantangwu.• C: Huur yukiwkyangw piw sumihinta.

• D: Sinmuy amungem aw paas kyaptsiwta– Ima AIRC, tuwat sinmuy amunaq hiita lavaytotiq, put puma aw

piw pas taywisngwu. Yep tutuveni oyi, oovi sen hak hiita piw aw yu’a’aykunit, pay it ang peenangwu. Pay soosokmuy sinmuy aw it hötsiwta.

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The AZ Redistricting Process (continued)

• E: Ang pay sen tuvoyla’iwtaq, put akw sen yayni’yni– County boundaries, cities and towns, and

Census Tracts– Usually Census geography follows visible

features• F: Sen it qa su’an aw yukiltiqw, pay songqa yang hiisa

sinom niqw pu’ ang neepanayaq, pu’ puma ang taywisngwu

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• It hak tutuvenit ang peenat, pu’ puma hinwat hakiy angqw hiita navotyangwu. Hiita sen aw yu’a’aykuni:• Hiita puma akw it yaynayangwu• Sinmuy amungem sen piw himu lomahintani.• Pay nap hiita it aw piw lavaytingwu, ang qalani

peenayaniqw, tutskwat-tutuvenit ang tuuwuhit peenayani.

• Pay hak sen yep yu’a’aykuni, yang totsvalyaq, pu’ piw it hak aw pake’ pu’ ang tuwat tu’ngwatatani, AIRC website.

• Visit us at www.azredistricting.org or call 602-542-5221

7. AIRC, ima sen hiita piw umungaq nanvotyani