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A
Welcome
everybody
to
ncsl's
first
ever
online
redistricting
seminar,
2021
is
starting
off
with
a
bang.
For
one
thing,
of
course,
we've
only
just
now
finished
the
2020
elections
with
the
georgia
runoffs
yesterday
for
another.
The
counting
of
electoral
votes
is
happening
today
and
usually
that's
not
a
great
big
deal,
but
this
year
it
is
making
it
a
political
year
for
us
right
here
in
the
first
week
and
for
yet
one
more
piece
of
excitement.
A
We
don't
know
how
many
seats
in
congress
each
state
will
have
because
the
apportionment
numbers
aren't
completed
yet
so
that's
sort
of
hanging
out
there
and
matters
a
whole
lot
to
the
states
that
are
on
the
edges
of
either
gaining
or
losing
clark
and
kim.
If
you
do,
if
you're
online,
and
if
you
want
to
put
in
the
chat
box
a
link
to
your
estimates
of
how
many
states
at
how
many
seats
each
state
will
get
by
all
means
feel
free
to
do
that
anyway.
A
My
point
is
that
we're
early
in
the
year
and
it
is
politically
hot,
hot
and
yet
still
ahead.
We
have
the
presidential
transition
and,
after
that,
states
are
heading
into
redistricting.
The
reason
that
we're
all
here
together
today
redistricting
seemed
so
simple.
You
just
cut
up
a
state
into
equal
population
units.
It's
just
math
right.
Well,
that
is
so
wrong.
Simple
is
the
last
word
that
I
should
ever
put
in
the
same
sentence
with
the
word
redistricting,
our
executive
director
tim
storey
is
fond
of
saying
that
it
is
extraordinary
complex.
A
So
I'm
glad
you
were
all
here
to
learn
along
with
me
about
what
makes
redistricting
so
complex
and
so
significant,
I'm
wendy
underhill,
I'm
the
director
of
elections
and
redistricting
at
ncsl,
and
if
we
were
all
in
person,
I
would
be
making
quite
an
effort
to
get
to
know
or
at
least
meet
each
of
you
and
shake
your
hand.
Oh
wait.
A
We
don't
shake
hands
anymore
and
try
to
build
a
relationship,
that's
a
little
harder
because
we're
online,
but
do
feel
free
to
throw
anything
in
chat
that
you're
interested
in
or
send
it
directly
to
me
or
in
any
other
way,
and
and
certainly
after
the
fact
as
well.
A
Now,
this
event
has
taken
dozens
of
people
to
put
together.
You'll
get
to
know
the
faculty.
Of
course,
as
we
go
through
the
next
three
days.
These
experts
have
kindly
agreed
to
share
their
wisdom
so
that,
when
you
all
do
start
drawing
lines,
you've
got
as
much
background
and
as
possible.
So
many
of
them
have
made
their
contact
information
available.
So
if
you
have
follow-up
questions
for
them
down,
the
road
you'll
be
able
to
reach
them,
and
you
can
always
come
to
us
at
nc
south
and
put
you
in
touch
if
you
need
to.
A
But
what's
really
cool
about,
the
faculty
is
that
many
of
these
folks
are
on
opposite
sides
when
it
comes
to
either
a
political,
aisle
or
litigation
later
on
down
the
road.
But
right
now
they
are
working
together
and
that's
because
they
all
agree
that
the
more
information
redistricters
have
going
into
the
process,
the
better
the
product
will
be
at
the
end.
So
I
thank
them
for
their
commitment
to
accuracy
their
willingness
to
be
educators
here
today
and
and
really
throughout
the
year
and
their
team
spirit,
at
least
at
this
point
in
the
year.
A
A
It's
not
something
that
they
wake
up
and
say:
oh
it's
time
for
redistricting
again
they
support
redistricting
and,
to
a
large
extent,
other
election
geography
type
issues
all
through
the
decade,
and
it's
really
a
core
function
for
them
and
they
are
generous
with
their
expertise
and
they
have
taught
me
a
huge
amount,
and
I
am
by
the
way,
still
a
newbie
at
this,
and
they
are
here
to
help
you
too.
So
you
can
make
contact
with
those
sponsors
in
the
lobby.
A
A
So
I'm
not
done
yet.
We
also
have
people
representing
the
national,
democratic
and
republican
parties
with
us.
Today.
Each
party
is
hosting
a
special
session
on
thursday
afternoon,
for
those
of
you
who
are
affiliated
with
one
of
the
two
major
parties
can
come
together
to
get
involved.
Democrats
are
asked
to
email,
jeff,
weiss
and
republicans
are
asked
to
email,
sonia
kiefer
and
christy.
A
If
you
could
put
those
emails
in
the
chat
that
would
be
helpful,
jeff
and
sonia
will
then
get
right
back
to
you
with
the
link
so
that
you
can
join
their
party
specific
events
tomorrow
and
now
for
my
teammates
ben
and
christy,
can
you
put
your
cameras
on
many
of
you
have
probably
exchanged
emails
with
ben
or
with
christy,
and
they
are
the
heart
of
the
team
here
on
redistricting
and
what
we
produce
at
ncsl
comes
from
their
know-how.
A
You'll
see
them
both
as
the
time
goes
on,
but
I
wanted
to
just
give
them
a
special
shout
out
our
job,
the
three
of
us
and
everyone
else
really
at
ncsl
is
to
serve
the
legislators
and
the
legislative
staff
around
the
nation,
and
that
is
at
the
top.
That's
the
number
one.
We
know
what
our
job
is
and
because
that
is
our
job
to
be
in
touch
with
you
all.
We
love
it
when
we
hear
from
you,
so
don't
be
shy
about
sending
requests
or
being
in
touch.
A
That's
how
we
know
that
we're
doing
our
job
right
and
for
those
of
you
who
aren't
part
of
the
legislative
world,
we're
also
glad
to
hear
from
you
too.
I
just
have
to
let
you
know
that
legislators
and
legislative
staff
are
priority
number
one
for
us,
so
I've
mentioned
faculty
sponsors,
democrats,
republicans
and
our
staff,
and
now
it's
time
to
get
to
know
a
little
bit
about
you
too.
At
the
bottom
of
your
screen
below
the
video
window,
you'll
see
three
poll
questions.
A
One
of
those
questions
asks
about
how
experienced
you
are
with
redistricting
and
it's
always
sort
of
good
to
know
the
breadth
of
experience
people
have
when
I
made
that
question
up.
I
made
the
highest
number
of
decades,
four
or
five.
I
thought.
Surely
that
would
cover
the
waterfront,
but
I
have
learned
since
then
that
that
is
not
true.
A
We
literally
have
somebody
on
our
meeting,
who
is
doing
his
seventh
redistricting
in
2020
and
if
you
count
up
the
decades,
that
may
not
seem
like
that's
possible,
but
he
started
in
1964
at
the
very
birth
of
modern
day
redistricting
and
not
to
keep
you
in
suspense,
that
does
fred
kessler
from
wisconsin
a
former
legislator
and
and
a
redistributing
contractor.
I
guess
I
should
say
so:
megan
do
we
have
the
results?
Can
you
pop
them.
A
A
B
Sorry
about
that,
I'm
here,
just
a
little
slow
we
have
72
percent
is
their
first
redistricting
cycle
about
13
is
their
second
seven
percent
and
is
their
third.
A
Cycle
and
also
seven
percent
is
their
fourth
or
fifth
cycle:
wow,
okay.
Well,
that
does
help
us
to
know
that
we
are
addressing
primarily
an
audience
of
people
who
are
learning
the
ropes
along
with
me,
that's
great
and
megan.
There
was
a
second
question
there
about
what
are
people
most
interested
in?
Can
you
give
us
that
result
as
well.
B
A
On
the
screen
there
now
I
I
do
see
it
so
the
law
and
data
and
technology
are
about
equal.
Okay,
that's
great!
I
think
this
will
be
good.
We
are
going
to
address
all
of
those
things
and
the
census
came
in
at
15.
I
thought
perhaps
it
would
be
higher
because
of
the
uncertainty
we've
got
around
that
great.
A
Thank
you
and
thanks
to
everybody
for
participating
on
that
that
helps
us
know
a
little
bit
now
christy,
I'm
going
to
ask
you
to
come
on
and
tell
us
a
little
bit
about
some
of
the
housekeeping
that
we
need
to
attend
to.
B
All
right
well,
thank
you
wendy,
good
morning,
everyone
thank
you
for
joining
us.
My
name
is
christy
zamarepa.
I
am
a
member
of
the
elections
and
redistricting
program
here
at
ncsl.
B
We
hope
and
would
like
for
the
seminar
to
be
an
information
exchange
and
engagement
platform.
So
over
the
next
three
days
we
encourage
participation
to
the
right
of
the
screen.
Where
you
can
see
me,
you
will
note
tabs
that
say,
chat
and
q.
A
the
chat
function
is
to
allow
you
to
interact
with
your
colleagues
attending
the
sessions.
B
Now,
for
those
of
you
who
are
interested
in
continuing
legal
education
credits,
the
redistricting
seminar
has
been
approved
for
11
general
cle
credits
by
the
colorado
supreme
court.
Those
attendees
outside
of
colorado
wishing
to
get
cle
credit
for
the
seminar
will
need
to
submit
their
own
application
for
accreditation
in
their
respective
states.
B
B
Also,
I
want
to
mention
that
we
have
a
redistricting
distribution
email
list
where
we
share
news
and
updates
on
the
census
and
redistricting.
We
also
share
information
on
uncovering
ncs
events.
If
you
would
like
to
be
added
to
the
ncsl
redistricting
distribution
list,
please
let
me
know,
and
lastly,
all
the
sessions,
except
for
friday's
optional
session
will
be
recorded.
B
A
Oh,
thank
you
christy.
That
was
great
a
lot
of
information
there
and
if
any
of
that
went
by
too
fast,
we'll
fill
you
in
as
we
go
along
as
well.
Now
I
thought
we'd
take
a
quick
look
at
the
agenda
at
the
top
of
the
hour.
You
have
a
choice.
If
you
are
among
the
72
who
are
new
to
redistricting,
then
you're
going
to
go
to
the
beginner
session,
redistricting
101.
for
the
rest
of
you.
A
I
recommend
you
go
to
how
the
2020
cycle
will
be
different
to
get
to
either
one
of
those
you
scroll
down
on
the
page
that
you're
on
right
now
and
at
the
bottom
you'll
see
red
buttons.
That
will
take
you
to
one
of
those
two
sessions.
You
can
also
go
back
through
the
lobby,
but
I
think
it's
just
easier
to
go
from
one
straight
into
the
next
one.
The
blue
button
takes
you
to
the
lobby
and
after
that
we
will
have
the
census
in
your
data
set.
A
As
I
said
earlier,
I
thought
that
might
be
a
very
hot
topic,
we'll
see.
What's
what
new
information
we
can
glean
from
there
and
after
that
there
will
be
a
series
of
three
more
sessions
as
the
day
goes
on
and
then
we'll
end
with
two
interactive
options.
I
do
want
to
say
that
on
these
sessions
we've
us
we're
starting
them
at
75,
minute
increments,
but
they're
planned
to
go
60
minutes
long.
A
That
means
that,
if
all
goes
going
to
plan
there'll
be
a
15-minute
break,
you
might
say
at
the
end
of
each
of
those
sessions
and
that
will
give
you
a
chance
to
get
a
bite
to
eat,
do
an
email
or
whatever
you
need
to
do
and
then
come
right
back
in
for
the
next
one,
and
it
also
gives
us
the
opportunity
if
something
is
really
exciting
and
running
five
minutes
late.
It's
not
going
to
be
a
crisis
for
us.
A
So
then,
as
for
those
two
last
sessions
at
the
end
of
today,
one
is
ask
the
experts-
that's
4,
pm
eastern
time,
for
that
you
will
all
be
on
zoom
and
can
ask
your
questions
live
if
you
want
to.
But
you
also
have
the
opportunity
to
send
us
a
question
at
elections
dash
info
at
ncsl.org,
and
with
that
we
can
answer.
Ask
those
questions
anonymously.
If
you
would
prefer
that
so
ask
the
experts
is
an
opportunity
for
our
faculty
to
come
back
and
answer
whatever
is
on
your
mind
and
then
at
4
30.
A
I
think
there's
four
rounds
and
one
of
them
will
have
some
redistricting
questions
in
it.
I'm
told
you'll
be
put
into
teams
and
you
don't
have
to
be
an
expert
this.
The
outcome
for
some
of
you
who
are
competitive
might
be
wanting
to
win,
but
for
the
rest
of
us
it
could
just
be
a
really
fun
time
for
with
lots
of
questions.
Laughter
is
what
I
was
trying
to
say.
Okay,
I
think
I've
said
everything
I
wanted
to.
A
A
We
crowdsource
the
work
that
we
do
and
in
a
sense
all
the
states
depend
on
each
other.
So
let's
try
to
build
the
community.
While
we
have
that
opportunity
and
with
that
I'll
say
goodbye
for
now-
and
I
will
see
you
at
the
top
of
the
hour
for
one
of
those
two
sessions.