ONLINE: Dane County Redistricting Commission

media release: The Dane County Redistricting Commission will be holding a public hearing on Thursday, September 23, at 7:00pm.  Information for members of the public to connect, and register to speak at the virtual hearing is available on the agenda: https://dane.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=886718&GUID=A2EBBD9C-D9C3-41A5-90DC-652FC6C9FA53 .

Register for the Zoom meeting at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Hm4pFpePRy2-ADhqJ6q9vQ ...  webinar ID: 942 5393 9383

The non-partisan commission has been accepting public map submissions as a part of their work for the 2021 redistricting process.  Members of the public have until September 19 to submit maps for the commission’s consideration.  District Builder, the platform the commission is using for public map submission can be accessed here: https://app.districtbuilder.org/o/dane_county

“Hearing from members of the public on maps they submitted, or maps that have been submitted by others is critical in this process,” said Redistricting Commission Chair Ken Opin.

Following the public hearing on September 23, the commission will meet on September 30 at 7:00pm where they will work on three maps to forward to the Dane County Board of Supervisors for consideration. The agenda with the information to connect to the meeting on the 30 is available here: https://dane.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=886719&GUID=5AD66D74-5542-4D0C-833D-72041EA02F43 .

Register for Zoom: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cC6prKS2REmRimyGsQTaPA ... webinar ID: 968 6755 2693

For more information on the commission and the redistricting process, visit the Dane County Planning and Development’s website here: https://www.danecountyplanning.com/Projects/Redistricting

Following the submission of three maps to the County Board, there will be a Committee of the Whole on October 4^th, where the Board will hear about the three maps.  There will be Executive Committee meetings on October 6^th and October 7^th where the committee will recommend one map to the County Board for consideration.  On October 14^th there will be a public hearing for the County Board as well as action on a tentative supervisory district map.