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From YouTube: 10/23/2021 - Committee to Conduct Matters Relating to Reapportionment and Redistricting in Nevada
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C
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A
A
Before
we
begin
I'd
like
to
extend
heartfelt
thanks
to
clark
county
and
their
wonderful
staff,
including
the
clark
for
the
use
of
these
clark,
county
commission
chambers,
specifically
commissioner
marilyn
kilpatrick,
who
works
so
extensively
with
our
legislative
council
bureau,
director,
brenda
erdos
in
arranging
and
securing
the
chambers
for
today.
I
also
want
to
thank
all
of
the
lcb
staff,
there's
so
much
work
that
goes
into
scheduling
these
meetings
to
ensure
that
we're
meeting
the
needs
of
physical
capacity
in
whichever
locations
we
have,
as
well
as
virtual
and
geographical
needs
of
our
nevadans
as
well.
A
A
few
housekeeping
issues
before
we
begin
for
the
benefit
of
everyone
in
the
chambers
wishing
to
speak
here
in
our
in
meeting
meeting
our
in-person
meeting.
We
will
have
public
comment
at
the
beginning
and
at
the
end
of
today's
hearing
we
are
broadcasting
live
over
the
legislature's
live
youtube
channel
and
we
are
also
offering
the
standard
call-in
feature
for
public
comment.
In
addition
to,
of
course,
in-person
public
comment
here,
meeting
materials
can
be
assessed
on
the
committee's
web
page.
A
Anyone
who
would
like
to
receive
electronic
notification
and
access
to
the
committee's
agendas
minutes
or
final
report
can
sign
up
at
the
nevada
legislative
legislature's
website.
Again,
we
will
have
two
periods
of
public
comment.
This
first
one
before
the
other
agenda
items
will
be
public
comment
up
to
45
minutes.
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A
A
A
A
As
I'm
covering
these
housekeeping
things,
of
course,
one
of
the
housekeeping
items
that
we
have
is
again
just
to
remind
everyone
that
requesting
that
everyone
wear
a
mask
while
they're
here
in
the
buildings.
So
our
next
agenda
item
right
now
is
public
comment.
Again,
we
will
take
up
to
three
minutes
per
person.
I
will
be
timing
and
I
will
let
you
know
when
your
three
minutes
have
arrived.
A
A
So
at
this
point
I
would
like
to
start
public
comment,
so
anyone
that
is
here
in
the
chambers
here
in
clark
county
that
would
like
to
make
a
public
comment.
You
may
approach
the
table.
We
will
alternate
a
few
people
here
in
public
and
then
we
will
go
back
to
anyone
who
is
interested
in
making
public
comment
on
the
phone
or
virtually
and
just
vice
versa,
for
the
next
45
minutes.
D
D
D
The
united
states
supreme
court
has
given
you
a
lot
of
leeway
and
when
it
comes
to
cutting
lines,
please
use
leeway
to
stay
on
main
roads
and
straight
lines.
When
you
cut
your
congressional
districts
as
explained
in
our
earlier
submittal
census.
Blocks
are
fine
for
fillers
between
your
intended
lines
and
they
even
may
be
used
as
boundary
lines,
but
you
are
not
required
to
follow
these
lines.
When
you
cut
your
own
lines,
a
state
legislature
may
draw
a
boundary
line
anywhere.
They
please,
as
explained
in
the
email
here
from
the
census
bureau.
D
D
E
Good
morning,
for
the
record,
my
name
is
emily:
persaud
zamora,
I'm
the
executive
director
of
silver
state
voices-
and
this
is
william
alexander
zamora.
I
hope
he's
going
to
be
quiet
in
the
next
three
minutes,
but
dear
chairwoman,
miller
and
committee
members.
Thank
you
first
and
foremost
for
being
here
on
a
saturday
after
morning,
away
from
your
families.
I
wanted
to
say
that
redistricting
is
vital
to
our
democracy,
because
it
helps
reflect
how
the
population
has
changed
over
the
past
10
years.
E
Earlier
this
year
the
census
bureau
released
populations
for
each
state
showing
nevada's
total
population
increased
by
404
thousand
and
63
residents
in
the
last
decade.
When
we
take
a
closer
look,
we
can
see
that
the
black,
indigenous
and
people
of
color
populations
led
this
growth.
As
this
committee
may
know,
nevada
is
ranked
fifth
in
the
nation
with
respect
to
the
latinx
share
of
the
population
and
fourth
in
the
nation,
with
respect
to
the
asian
share
of
the
population.
E
Moreover,
nevada
is
now
the
third
most
diverse
state
in
the
country,
less
known,
but
equally
important
is
that
the
black
population
in
nevada
increased
to
over
375
000.
That's
about
twelve
percent
and
the
indigenous
population
increased
to
over
a
hundred
and
five
thousand
that's
an
increase
of
over
89
percent.
For
the
last
fact.
I
want
to
commend
this
committee
for
seeking
to
host
at
least
one
community
meeting
on
tribal
lands.
E
We
haven't
seen
that
publicized,
but
we
really
encourage
the
committee
to
engage
with
indigenous
communities
like
the
las
vegas
indian
center
and
the
native
voter
alliance
nevada,
to
ensure
that
this
committee
is
able
to
learn
about
tribal
communities,
unique
opportunities
and
needs.
Nevada
is
strong
because
of
our
diversity
and
the
needs
to
be
reflected
in
the
redistricting
process.
To
ensure
nevadans
are
accurately
represented.
E
Our
coalition
nevadans
count
made
up
of
19
non-partisan
501c3.
Nonprofit
organizations
looks
forward
to
participating
in
an
inclusive
and
transparent
redistricting
process
so
that
all
nevadans
have
a
fair
chance
to
elect
your
leaders
of
choice,
not
just
next
year
but
for
the
next
decade.
Thank
you.
So
much
for
your
time.
E
Good
morning,
chair
and
members
of
the
committee
for
the
record,
my
name
is
erica
castro
and
I'm
the
organizing
director
with
plan
the
progressive
leadership
alliance
in
nevada.
First,
I
want
to
thank
you
for
hosting
this
meeting
for
the
people
of
las
vegas
to
attend
and
share
their
thoughts
on
redistricting.
E
E
E
E
Another
important
note
is
that
ten
years
ago
the
legislature
did
not
host
a
meeting
with
tribal
governments.
It
would
be
advice
for
this
committee
to
consult
with
the
tribal
leaders
like
those
at
walker
river
pie,
reservation,
because
presently
that
reservation
is
split
between
two
assembly
and
two
senate
districts.
E
We
strongly
encourage
this
committee
to
host
a
meeting
with
tribal
communities.
We
have
consulted
with
the
tribal
chairwoman
amber
torres
of
walker,
river
paiute
tribe,
and
they
would
welcome
this
committee
chair
and
members
to
host
a
meeting
at
their
reservation
plan
will
continue
to
monitor
the
registration
process
to
ensure
this
committee
and
the
state
legislature
keep
communities
together,
so
they
receive
fair
and
adequate
representation.
F
Good
morning
committee,
my
name
is
taylor:
patterson,
I'm
the
executive
director
of
native
voters,
alliance,
nevada
and
a
member
of
the
bishop
paiute
tribe.
I
am
here
to
request
that
a
community
input
meeting
on
redistricting
and
reproportionment
be
held
in
a
tribal
community,
indigenous
people
in
nevada
increased
by
over
89
percent
over
the
last
decade.
This
was
the
third
largest
percent
increase.
Further
mineral
county
has
the
highest
percentage
of
indigenous
residents,
with
one
in
five
identifying
as
indigenous.
F
To
that
end,
it
is
imperative
to
hold
a
meeting
at
the
walker
river
paiute
reservation.
The
needs
of
our
communities
cannot
be
lumped
in
with
other
rural
communities.
Our
state
prides
itself
on
a
diverse
legislature.
However,
we
cannot
claim
full
diversity
with
our
legislature
lacking
the
eye
in
the
bike.
Pac
acronym
I've
seen
firsthand
that
tribal
communities
are
being
left
out
of
the
conversation
when
it
comes
to
redistricting
to
fully
represent
every
nevadan.
F
Sorry,
good
morning,
at
your
woman
miller
and
committee
members,
my
name
is
marianietto
and
I'm
with
my
family
about
first
and
foremost,
thank
you
for
hosting
this
meeting,
the
2020
census
data
revealed
how
the
growth
of
the
latinx
community
has
been
integral
to
the
increase
of
our
nation's
population.
Specifically,
the
data
show
that
18.7
percent
of
the
us
population
identifies
as
latinx.
That
is
nearly
one
of
out
of
every
five
residents
for
children
under
eighteen,
one
and
four
or
twenty
five
point.
F
Seven
percent
are
latino
my
family
both
engages
with
the
latinx
community,
where
they
are
such
as
supermarkets,
even
high
schools
and
especially
their
homes
when
we're
going
outdoor
door
door
knocking
because
we
know
how
important
it
is
to
provide
both
culturally
and
linguistically
appropriate
information,
especially
with
some
things
such
as
redistricting
a
process
that
only
happens
every
10
years
and
uses
words
such
as
contagious,
contiguous
and
gerrymandering,
something
that
me
myself.
If
I
wasn't
in
the
movement,
I
wouldn't
know
what
those
words
meant
when
talking
about
registration.
F
Many
latinx
residents
may
not
know
what
a
community
of
interest
means,
but
chairwoman
miller
and
committee
members.
I
assure
you,
the
latinx
community
in
clark
county
embodies
the
definition
of
a
community
of
interests
we
share
bilingual
and
by
cultural
characteristics.
Our
children
attend
the
same
schools.
We
are
employed
in
the
same
work
sectors
and
the
community
even
has
culturally
and
linguistically
appropriate
nonprofit
organizations
such
as
mi
familia
vota,
the
redistricting
maps
the
legislator
will
adopt
during
this
special
session
are
likely
to
be
in
place
for
at
least
the
next
decade.
F
G
You're
a
woman
good
morning,
members
of
the
committee,
my
name
is
guillermo
barron.
I
live
here
in
las
vegas
and
I'm
the
civic
engagement
director
for
chispa
nevada.
Two
months
ago,
the
census
bureau
released
the
2020
census
data
that
shows
the
new
portrait
of
the
racial
and
ethnic
makeup
of
the
us
and
nevada.
Over
the
more
than
3.1
million
nevada's
over
890
are
latinx,
in
fact,
at
twenty
eight
percent.
Twenty
eight
point:
seven
percent
of
the
state's
population
nevada
ranks
fifth
with
respect
to
the
share
of
the
latinx
population.
G
Ten
years
ago,
nevada
ranked
42nd
with
respect
to
its
share
of
the
latinx
population.
Taking
a
closer
look
at
the
17
counties.
It
is
no
surprise
that
clark
and
washoe
have
the
highest
number
of
latinx
residents
with
nearly
one
out
of
three
residents
in
clark
and
one
in
four
residents
in
washoe
identifying
as
latinx.
What
may
come
as
a
surprise
is
that
one
of
four
residents
in
carson
city,
elko
and
humboldt
are
latinx
even
more
remarkable
is
that
20
of
residents
in
lander
and
persian
are
latinx
in
esmeralda
county.
G
The
latinx
population
is
just
shy
of
20,
as
for
churchill,
douglas
lion,
mineral
lanai
and
white
pine,
one
in
10
residences,
latinx
that
leaves
eureka
lincoln
and
story,
as
latinx
residents
make
up
over
five
percent
of
each
county's
population.
The
data
clearly
shows
that
next
community
is
an
integral
part
of
nevada,
not
just
clark
and
washoe.
Redistricting
is
much
more
than
just
drawing
risks
to
ensure
each
has
roughly
the
same
number
of
residents.
G
A
H
It's
very
unfortunate
that
we
have
not
really
gotten
a
good
representation
as
far
as
the
outcomes
of
redistrictings
that
we
have.
We
have
the
border
regions.
For
example,
we
have
37
percent
latinos
in
the
state
of
nevada,
zero
percent
in
the
border
regions.
We
we
have
one
individual
in
north,
las
vegas,
a
a
s,
councilman,
a
a
city
that
has
over
37
percent
hispanic
population,
etc.
H
H
We
are
not
being
really
given
any
attention
by
those
who
are
doing
the
redistricting,
and
we
want
you
to
know
that
we
will
be
a
lot
more
interested
and
and
participating
our
participatory
in
this
in
this
redistricting
we'll
be
keeping
a
very
close
eye,
and
hopefully,
when
we
do
have
our
comments-
and
we
do
have
our
suggestions
that
you
pay
very
strict
attention
to
this
gracias.
I
hope
we
have
a
good
meeting.
H
Good
morning,
my
name
for
the
record
is
reverend
leonard
b
jackson,
that's
spelled
j-a-c-k-s-o-n,
and
I
want
to
thank
you
very
much
for
allowing
us
to
gather
here
today
making
presents.
It
is
indeed
my
pleasure
to
stand
before
you
today
for
the
faith.
Organizing
alliance
is
a
partnership
with
several
faith-based
organizations
and
created
las
vegas
area,
with
the
mission
of
helping
to
increase
our
voter
participation
and
civic
engagement
within
our
own
communities.
H
H
According
to
data
from
the
american
community
survey,
the
medium
income
for
the
historic
west
side
is
just
under
30
000
per
year,
that's
less
than
half
of
the
statewide
average,
and
when
it
came
to
the
covet
19
pandemic,
the
historic
west
side
was
one
of
the
hardest
hit
communities
in
the
state,
and
we
saw
that
reflected
in
the
unemployment
rate
and
in
the
disproportionate
number
of
covet
19
cases.
This
community
needs
better
resources
and
we
need
proper
representation.
H
It
is
fair,
necessary
and
logical
for
black
nevadans
to
have
an
opportunity
to
elect
our
leader
of
choice.
State
leaders
make
the
decisions
and
influence
policies
that
impact
our
daily
lives,
such
as
economic
opportunities,
housing
and
the
direct
and
collateral
consequences
of
the
criminal
legal
system.
Our
members
are
very
interested
in
the
redistricting
process
because
they
understand
that
the
way
lines
are
drawn
today
may
determine
who
will
be
representing
them
tomorrow.
H
Madam
chair
and
committee
members,
I
encourage
you
to
reach
out
to
our
religious
and
community
leaders
to
better
understand
our
unique
priorities
and
needs.
We
need
these
voices
to
be
heard
in
this
redistricting
process
if
we
are
looking
to
create
a
fair
and
equitable
maps
for
our
community
and
represent
us
fairly
and
properly.
We
thank
you
in
advance
for
the
proper
decision
that
you
will
make
let
the
church
say
amen.
Thank
you.
A
At
this
time,
sir,
yes,
please
approach,
but
I'm
going
to
offer
the
availability
to
anyone
who
may
have
called
in
so
broadcasting.
Please.
If
there's
anyone
in
the
queue
please
have
that
please
bring
him
in
the
queue
and
we'll
just
take
a
moment
or
so
because
sometimes
it
takes
a
moment
or
so
for
people
to
call
in
so
broadcasting.
If
you
could,
let
us
know
when
you're
available
with
that
first
caller.
I
J
J
And
I
am
the
policy
director
for
faith
in
action,
nevada,
the
2020
census
members
officially
showed
us
that
nevada's
population
has
been
steadily
rising
for
years
now,
making
nevada
one
of
the
fastest
growing
states,
while
clark
county
makes
up
most
of
its
residents
in
the
growth.
I
urge
this
committee
to
consider
washoe
county's
population
growth
as
well.
In
2010,
the
washoe
county
population
was
421
407
and
based
on
the
2020
census
numbers
that
is
now
ground
to
486
thousand
four
hundred.
Ninety
two.
This
marks
a
fifteen
percent
population
increase.
J
We
urge
this
committee
to
consider
how
the
outcomes
of
the
redistricting
process
in
southern
nevada
will
affect
representation
in
northern
nevada
as
the
state's
two
most
populous
counties.
Boundary
changes
in
clark
county
will
ultimately
affect
boundaries
here
in
washoe
county.
Thank
you
for
your
time
and
consideration
and
I
look
forward
to
seeing
how
the
maps
are
drawn.
I
K
First
of
all,
I'd
like
to
point
out
that
I
kind
of
see
a
lot
of
red
flags
when
people
try
to
point
out.
You
know
diversity
and
increase
of
this
population
and
that
well,
what
about
the
people
that
we
are
disproportionately
harming
their
power,
and
that
is
european
americans
white
americans,
which
means
that
if
you
try
to
have
too
much
favoritism
than
on
white,
that
means
you
are
reducing
the
power
of
white
americans
and,
I
think,
they're
very
vital
and
they're.
Still
the
largest
group
in
the
state
of
nevada.
K
K
I'm
iranian
descent,
iranian
people
from
the
middle
east
and
north
africa
are
also
counted
as
white,
so
just
think
that
not
all
these
people
have
blonde
hair
and
blue
eyes
and
I'm
very
concerned
about
gerrymandering,
and
I
also
think
that
well,
the
fact
is
is
that
I
think
the
elephant
in
the
room
is
clark
county,
where
las
vegas
metro
has
a
one
county
monopoly.
75
percent
of
the
population
of
the
state
lives
in
that
county.
I
think
it's
time
to
actually
break
it
up
and
by
the
way.
K
I
suspect
a
lot
of
these
people
are
being
paid
to
come
up
on
the
stadium
and
not
to
mention
the
fact
that
a
lot
of
these
organizations
disproportionately
benefit
non-citizens,
and
the
question
is
all
we
want
to
ask
is:
why
does
nevada
have
among
the
highest
non-citizen?
A
lot
of
them
are
not
even
legally
here.
A
lot
of
them
have
children
who
become
u.s
citizens.
Why
do
we
have
this
case?
Why
do
we
have
these
demographics?
That's
all
we
ask.
We
just
want
to
know
why,
but
the
way
they're
hyping
this
up.
K
Well,
it
raises
a
lot
of
red
flags.
It
makes
me
want
to
scratch
my
head
absolutely
so
I
believe
that
european
american
representation
is
very
very
important
and
by
the
way,
speaking
of
all
this
diversity,
when
they
say
how
nevada
is
among
the
most
diverse
states,
california
is
less
diverse
than
nevada
and
california
has
a
smaller
percentage
of
whites.
K
So
we
know
that,
of
course,
if
you
increase
the
non-white
so
much
you
don't
get
diversity.
What
you
get
is
replacement,
so
a
lot
of
these
nice
words
be
very
of
them,
but
other
than
that.
Thank
you
so
much.
We
appreciate
it
and
please
have
fair
representation
and
keep
in
mind
european
americans
do
matter.
Thank
you.
I
J
Hi,
thank
you.
Everyone.
My
name
is
daniel
patterson,
I'm
in
boulder
city,
east
from
clark
county,
I'm,
the
district
g
representative
of
the
clark
county
democratic
party,
and
I
wanted
to
first
say
that
you
have
a
big
responsibility.
Our
elected
state
lawmakers
on
this
panel.
I
think
you
know
that
and
appreciate
you
stepping
up
for
what
is
a
hugely
important
task.
J
J
A
J
And
I
just
want
to
express
our
support
specifically
for
senate
district
12,
a
very
diverse
district,
that's
changing
in
eastern
clark
county
that
should
be
drawn
in
a
competitive
manner,
and
that's
one
of
our
comments.
Main
comments
to
the
board
here
is:
we
hope
there
will
be
a
focus
on
competitive
districts,
meaning
as
equal
as
possible,
splits
between
democrats,
independents
and
republicans,
so
that
voters
really
have
a
say
in
these
districts
also
as
geographically
compact
as
possible,
especially
in
clark
county,
does
make
sense.
J
Finally,
I
wanted
to
voice
support
for
the
tribes.
Tribes.
Do
need
to
be
much
better
included
in
this
redistricting
this
year
and
just
a
question
or
comment
to
the
panelists
people
will
be
watching
for
conflicts
of
interest.
It's
obviously
a
big
responsibility
to
redraw
your
own
district,
and
I
think
a
lot
of
the
public
would
like
to
know
what
will
you
do
to
avoid
conflicts
of
interest
in
redrawing
maps
for
your
own
district?
A
M
M
M
We
simply
don't
know
where
a
remarkable
number
of
folks
live
without
knowing
what
data
would
use
to
determine
that
district
g
was
a
high
concentration
of
people
from
the
lgbtq
plus
community.
We
cannot
attest
to
the
accuracy
of
this
statement
based
on
our
work
and
experiences
dedicated
to
lgbtq
plus
communities.
We
are
unaware
of
any
such
existing
localized
data.
M
In
the
interim,
we
have
reached
out
to
the
williams
institute,
which
is
the
leading
research
center
on
sexual
orientation,
gender
identity
law
and
public
policy,
which
ensures
their
facts
and
not
stereotypes,
informed
laws
and
policies
that
affect
the
lgbtq
plus
community
to
verify
the
claims.
While
this
committee
will
be
considering
statewide
legislative
districts,
nearly
75
of
the
state's
population
resides
in
clark
county.
We
acknowledge
that
the
committee
is
a
different
entity
and
has
a
different
process
from
clark
county.
M
However,
we
are
concerned
on
how
lgbtq,
plus
nevada's
will
be
considered
across
the
state
if
the
state's
largest
county
is
making
assumptions
about
a
community
of
interest.
We
also
inquire
what
efforts
will
be
made
to
engage
them
in
the
creation
of
the
proposed
maps.
Aside
from
public
meetings,
thank
you
for
your
consideration.
A
Okay,
thank
you
with
that.
Then
I
will
go
ahead
and
close
the
agenda
item
for
public
comment.
I'd
like
to
thank
everyone
who
called
in
or
is
here
physically
and
made
a
public
comment.
Thank
you.
Everyone
did
a
tremendous
job
of
staying
under
that
three
minutes
and
yet
being
concise
and
definitely
getting
your
points
across.
A
As
you
know,
I
saw
move
on
to
the
next
agenda
item,
which
is
agenda
item
three,
which
is
an
overview
of
the
committee's
responsibilities
and
duties.
So,
as
you
know,
the
senate
concurrent
resolution
number
13
of
the
2021
legislative
session
created
this
committee.
Our
committee
policy,
analyst
michael
stewart,
will
quickly
review
the
committee's
duties
and
responsibilities
as
set
forth
in
scr3
before
we
go
on
to
that.
A
I'd
like
to
note
that
the
primary
purpose
of
this
committee
is
to
educate
the
public
and
legislators
on
the
reapportionment
and
redistricting
process
and
give
the
public
a
chance
to
be
heard
on
this
important
topic.
Therefore,
at
this
meeting
and
our
next
two
lcb
staff
will
review
the
basics
of
reapportionment
and
redistricting,
as
well
as
the
functions
of
our
online
redistricting
applications.
A
I
know
it
may
be
a
bit
repetitive
for
commit
committee
members,
but
it's
important
that
the
public
have
this
information
as
we
move
forward
with
the
redistricting
during
this
redistricting
cycle.
I
also
am
concerned
about
the
department
of
corrections
and
their
compliance
with
ab450
from
2019,
so
I'm
looking
forward
to
hearing
from
them
at
our
meeting
next
week
as
well
with
that,
let's
move
on
to
our
next
agenda
item.
So
we
will
open
up
agenda
item
for
the
introduction
to
reapportionment
and
redistricting
its
history
and
the
role
of
the
nevada
legislature
in
redistricting.
B
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
for
the
record,
michael
stewart
with
the
research
division
of
the
legislative
council
bureau.
If
I
may,
before
we
go
on
to
agenda
item
four,
I
just
want
to
quickly
review
the
the
committee
I'm
taking
sort
of
scr
13
and
what
it
means
for
us
and
why
we're
here
so
due
to
the
delays
and
the
release
of
the
2020
census
data,
the
2021
legislature
was
not
able
to,
as
you
know,
complete
the
task
of
reapportionment
and
redistricting.
B
The
legislature
will
likely
accomplish
this
in
an
upcoming
special
session,
as
you
know,
and
to
ensure
that
the
legislature
is
prepared
for
the
redistricting
exercise
and
to
encourage
participation
from
the
public.
We
do
have
scr
13,
which
is
creates
this
committee,
which
is
the
committee
to
investigate
matters
relating
to
reinforcement,
redistricting
in
conjunction
with
the
data
from
the
decennial
census.
B
Scr
13
directs
this
committee
to
examine
data
from
the
u.s
census,
bureau,
monitor
redistricting
systems
established
or
recommended
for
use
by
the
nevada
legislature,
including
the
requirements
for
computer
equipment.
Computer
software
and
training
of
personnel
requires
a
review
of
relevant
case
law
and
programs
of
other
states
relating
to
redistricting.
B
You
have
on
the
little
handout
in
your
in
your
packet,
just
the
members,
the
staff
who
are
available,
and
at
this
point
we
have
two
further
meetings
after
today,
scheduled
for
next
week.
So
I'll
jump
into
agenda
item
before
really
fast,
but
give
me
one
second,
I'm
going
to
activate
the
powerpoint
and
then
I'll
present
that
with
asher
one
moment.
B
Okay,
well,
thank
you
very
much
and,
as
I
mentioned
joining
me
today
on
the
zoom
is
asher
killian,
your
committee
council
and
I'll
kind
of
get
started.
Then
we're
going
to
kind
of
tag
team
through
the
through
the
presentation
a
little
bit
so
first
off
with
redistricting.
As
you
know-
and
this
is
just
kind
of
a
registered
thing-
101
and
it's
largely
for
the
public
as
well.
B
So
a
lot
of
times.
People
will
wonder:
well
what
is
reapportionment
and
redistricting
and
what's
the
difference.
So
these
terms,
reinforcement
and
redistricting
are
often
used.
Interchangeably
apportionment,
in
its
purest
sense,
is
the
division
of
a
given
number
of
elected
members,
among
established
political
subdivisions
in
accordance
with
an
existing
planner
formula.
B
Equal
population
redistricting
pertains
to
redrawing
the
lines,
so
in
short,
reenforcement
is
a
process
of
determining
how
many
districts
in
the
jurisdiction
will
receive
and
redistricting
refers
to
the
process
of
how
new
districts
are
drawn
within
a
particular
jurisdiction
and
the
legislature
can
exercise
both
both
but
it
most
commonly.
Does
the
latter
redistricts.
N
N
The
first
thing
you
might
be
asking
yourselves
is:
why
is
this
our
problem?
You
might
not
be
surprised
to
learn
that
the
answer
is
because
the
nevada
constitution
makes
it
your
problem,
specifically,
article
4,
section,
5
of
the
nevada
constitution,
makes
it
the
mandatory
duty
of
the
legislature
after
each
census
to
do
two
things.
First,
determine
the
number
of
legislators
in
the
legislature
and
second
draw
the
district
lines
for
those
legislators.
N
That
leads
us
to
the
first
practical
consideration
to
keep
in
mind
as
a
preface
to
this
slide,
if
you're
as
big
of
a
nerd
as
I
am,
it's
actually
the
most
exciting
slide
in
this
entire
presentation.
But
you
may
just
not
realize
that
yet
historically,
nevada's
legislature
has
drawn
district
lines
by
requesting
that
the
legal
division
draft
a
bill
detailing
an
exhaustive
list
of
all
the
census,
geographies
that
are
intended
to
fall
within
each
legislative
district,
namely
census,
tracts,
census,
block
groups
and
census
blocks.
N
Minnesota's
approach
makes
use
of
technology
to
avoid
some
of
the
technical
bill.
Drafting
limitations
of
using
a
list
of
census
areas,
as
you
can
probably
imagine,
long
lists
of
numbers
like
we've,
typically
used
in
nevada,
create
the
potential
for
typographical
errors
and
checking
and
proofing.
These
bills
takes
a
significant
amount
of
time
and
limits
the
speed
with
which
the
legal
division
can
turn
around
bills
containing
a
redistricting
plan.
N
N
Additionally,
each
senate
district
has
two
assembly
districts
nested
inside
of
it,
which
is
made
possible
by
the
number
of
senators
being
at
the
constitutional
cap
of
one
half
of
the
number
of
assembly
members.
Unfortunately,
this
also
results
in
an
even
number
of
assembly
members,
which
creates
the
potential
for
a
tie
vote
in
the
assembly.
B
Thank
you
asher,
so
the
next
few
slides
I'll
kind
of
just
run
through
a
quick
history
of
the
nevada
redistricting
process.
So
since
statehood
in
1864
there,
as
ashley
mentioned
several
original
provisions
in
the
nevada
constitution,
have
governed
the
composition
of
the
nevada
legislature
and
the
first
nevada
legislature
actually
consisted
of
54
members
18
in
the
senate
and
36
in
the
assembly.
B
Now
from
1864
until
1919,
the
composition
of
the
legislature
was
changed
16
times,
ranging
from
a
low
of
45
members
from
1893
to
1899,
to
a
maximum
of
75
members
from
1875
through
1879
and
in
1913
through
15,
as
well
with
also
75
members.
So
many
of
these
changes
likely
resulted
from
the
population
increase
and
decreases
due
to
that
boom
and
bust
cycle
of
the
times
in
the
both
in
the
mining,
industry
and
other
factors
throughout
the
state.
B
So
the
constitutional
provisions
relating
to
population
for
the
legislature
for
legislative
redistricting
were
actually
routinely
ignored
in
these
early
years
and
from
1919
to
1965.
The
senate
was
apportioned
on
the
basis
of
one
senator
from
each
county,
and
the
assembly
also
had
one
representative
from
each
county.
B
Now,
throughout
this
period,
the
nevada
senate
consisted
of
17
members
and
the
assembly
ranged
from
37
members
in
1919
to
40
in
1931,
41
members
in
1945,
43
and
47,
and
then
47
members
and
51,
and
then
it
went
back
to
37
and
61..
So
you
can
see
there
was
a
lot
of
fluctuation
in
assembly
membership,
while
the
senate
just
retained
one
senator
per
county.
B
At
that
time,
clark
and
washoe
were
given
21
assembly
members
or
about
57
of
the
assembly,
even
though
they
contained
roughly
75
percent
of
the
state's
population
at
that
time.
So,
as
you
can
see,
the
1961
reapportionment
did
not
accomplish
redistricting
that
closely
reflected
population,
but
it
indicated
the
legislature's
recognition
that
population-based
abortion
apportionment
was
becoming
a
crucial
nationwide
issue.
B
The
legislature
did,
however,
continue
its
use
of
multi-member
districts
and
in
the
1970s
we
had
a
60
members
total
in
the
legislature,
20
senators
and
40
assembly
members
in
1981.
The
size
of
the
legislature
was
increased
to
its
current
size
of
63
and
there
appeared
to
be
less
conflict
at
that
time.
B
B
The
1990s
also
marked
the
beginning
of
computer
mapping,
thereby
increasing
the
sophistication
of
the
process,
and
so
by
2001
redistricting
cycle.
The
process
while
made
simpler
due
to
technology
and
technological
advances.
It
was
also
challenging
due
to
significant
political
and
demographic
factors
in
2001.
The
legislature
was
retained
at
63
members
and
representation.
B
What
I
mean
by
that
by
seats
were
shifted
from
north
to
south
due
to
explosion
of
population
in
southern
nevada.
In
the
senate,
one
seat
was
shifted
to
clark
county
and
one
seat
from
the
north
and
one
seat
included
portions
of
nevada
and
clark,
county
of
rural
nevada
and
clark
county
in
the
assembly.
Three
seats
were
shifted
from
northern
and
rural
nevada
to
clark
county
and
then
another
significant
challenge
in
2001
was
the
addition
of
a
new
congressional
seat
for
nevada
so
moving
to
2011..
B
So
what
happened
in
2011?
Well
with
legislators
facing
the
budget
and
revenue
constraints,
there
was
little
desire
to
increase
the
size
of
the
legislature
and
there
was
sort
of
a
greater
acceptance
or
greater
percentage
of
the
senate.
Assembly
districts
would
continue
to
shift
to
southern
nevada
to
account
for
notable
population
growth.
In
clark
county,
the
population
of
nevada's
hispanic
community,
more
than
tripled
during
the
1990s
and
nearly
doubled
throughout
the
first
decade
of
the
2000s,
persons
of
hispanic
or
latino
origin
comprise
26.5
percent
of
the
nevada's
total
population
with
the
2010
census.
B
The
court
did
ask
for
a
few
minor
modifications
of
that
and
adopted
the
final
redistricting
plan
on
october
27
2011.,
so
challenges
for
redistricting
in
2011,
I
think,
are
going
to
be
similar
for
on
this
go
around
as
well,
and
that's
tremendous
overall
population
growth.
Conversely,
there
were
population
decreases
in
2011,
we've
seen
some
of
that.
This
census
cycle,
as
well
of
course,
increased
communities
of
interest
that
includes
ethnic
groups,
urban,
rural
et
cetera
and
then
there's
always
impact
of
term
limits.
Institutional
knowledge
is
kind
of
waning,
as
we
cycle
through
with
term
limits.
B
We
have
very
few
legislators
that
have
been
through
one
redistricting
cycle
to
the
next
there's,
always
a
consideration
of
the
size
of
the
legislature
and
there's
also
this
potential
for
creating
multiple
ballot
styles
due
to
overlapping
or
overlaying
non-coterminous
district
boundaries.
So
that's
something
that
the
legislature
should
be
aware
of
when
they're,
when
they're
drawing
lines
and
of
course,
if
this
were
during
the
session
and
probably
even
now,
actually
I
would
say
that
there's
a
compressed
time
frame
amid
other
important
legislative
matters
that
come
come
with
redistricting.
B
B
B
B
B
So
the
urban
core
includes
a
hispanic
or
latino
population
of
almost
43
percent
and
except
for
clark,
county
line
is
the
only
county.
That's
divided
in
the
congressional
plan
that
we
currently
have
so
again.
The
ideal
population
that
the
legislature
will
be
shooting
for
for
this
redistricting
cycle
for
congressional
is
776
154.
B
I
believe-
and
I
think
mr
reynolds
will
comment
on
that
here
in
a
little
bit
just
a
note-
the
state
board
of
education,
the
legislature
used
to
draw
those
lines,
but
in
2011
the
legislature
approved
sb
197,
which
changed
the
selection
process
for
members
of
the
state
board
of
education
and
now
for
those
board,
members
are
elected
by
voters
by
congressional
district
and
the
remaining
board.
Members
for
state
board
of
education
are
appointed.
N
N
First,
article
1,
section
2
of
the
us
constitution,
apportioned
seats
in
the
u.s
house
among
the
states
on
the
basis
of
census
population,
while
nevada's
population
has
grown
the
census
found
that
it
didn't
grow
enough
to
gain
an
additional
seat.
So
nevada
was
still
apportioned.
Four
seats
in
the
house
since
article
1
section
4
of
the
u.s
constitution,
requires
state
legislatures
to
prescribe
the
time
place
and
manner
of
holding
elections
for
the
u.s
house.
You'll
also
have
the
responsibility
to
draw
district
lines
for
those
four
seats.
N
Additionally,
section
2
of
the
14th
amendment
contains
the
equal
protection
clause.
The
united
states
supreme
court
has
held
that
this
clause
is
the
basis
for
the
concept
of
one
person,
one
vote,
which
means
that
each
voter's
vote
should
carry
a
roughly
equal
weight,
regardless
of
where
the
voter
lives.
N
Adherence
to
the
one-person
one-vote
principle
is
measured
by
a
different
standard,
depending
on
whether
congressional
districts
or
state
legislative
districts
are
being
drawn
for
congressional
districts.
The
u.s
supreme
court
has
decided
that
equality
of
population
is
the
paramount
consideration
generally
allowing
a
deviation
from
the
ideal
population
in
each
district
of
not
more
than
plus
or
minus
a
single
voter
for
state
legislative
districts.
N
Case
law
regarding
the
voting
rights
act
simultaneously
prohibits
creating
minority
majority
districts
where
such
districts
cannot
be
feasibly
drawn
in
a
reasonably
compact
manner,
but
also
prohibits
failing
to
draw
such
a
district.
If
a
reasonably
compact
district
can
be
drawn
with
concrete
evidence
of
both
political
cohesion
among
members
of
the
minority
group
and
block
voting
against
the
minority
group
by
the
majority
group
functionally.
That
means
that
this
is
a
complex
area
without
many
hard
rules,
and
it
can
frequently
be
the
source
of
challenges
to
districting
plans.
N
Note,
however,
that
these
principles
often
conflict
with
each
other,
which
requires
the
legislature
to
either
choose
to
prioritize
certain
principles
or
choose
to
balance
principles
against
each
other.
Another
issue
that
has
drawn
significant
interest
lately
after
the
recent
ruchovi
common
cause,
u.s
supreme
court
case,
is
the
issue
of
whether
partisan
gerrymandering
is
permissible.
N
Briefly,
before
rucho,
the
federal
courts
would
hear
cases
under
the
equal
protection
clause
of
the
14th
amendment
regarding
whether
drawing
lines
to
advantage
one
political
party
at
the
expense
of
another
unconstitutionally
denied
members
of
the
disadvantaged
party,
the
opportunity
to
participate
in
the
political
process
in
rucho.
The
supreme
court
decided
that
such
claims
under
the
federal
constitution
were
political
questions,
that
the
federal
courts
would
no
longer
consider
rucho
explicitly
left
open
the
possibility
for
partisan
gerrymandering
to
be
challenged
in
state
court
if
some
independent
basis
for
such
a
claim
exists.
N
In
addition,
given
the
improvements
in
technology,
it's
possible
for
a
computer
to
draw
millions
of
potential
plans
in
seconds,
which
means
it's
possible,
if
not
likely,
that
you'll
have
large
numbers
of
maps
submitted
to
you
and
the
analysis
of
large
batches
of
data
like
this
requires
specialized
knowledge.
As
a
result,
it's
possible
that
you'll
see
political
scientists
and
other
such
social
scientists
participating
in
the
process
in
a
much
more
significant
way
during
this
redistricting
cycle
than
in
years
past.
N
N
I'm
going
to
familiarize
you
with
some
of
the
most
commonly
recognized
traditional
districting
principles.
First
is
compactness,
which
is
a
measure
of
how
closely
packed
a
district
is.
This
is
meant
to
discourage
districts
drawn,
to
be
unusual
or
elongated
shapes,
and
to
encourage
denser,
more
uniform
districts.
N
Second
is
contiguity,
which
means
that
all
points
in
a
district
must
connect
with
each
other.
Somehow,
third
is
the
preservation
of
counties
and
other
political
subdivisions
such
as
cities,
towns
or
districts,
and
fourth,
is
the
related
concept
of
preservation
of
communities
of
interest,
which
is
a
broader
idea
that
can
include
things
like
neighborhoods,
racial
or
ethnic
groups,
college
students,
groups
that
share
economic
interests.
Basically,
any
group
of
people
that
have
some
interest
in
common
that
would
benefit
from
being
taken
into
consideration
when
policy
decisions
are
being
made.
N
Sixth,
is
the
protection
of
incumbents,
which
captures
the
idea
that
incumbent
legislators,
originally
elected
in
different
districts,
should
not
be
newly
forced
to
compete
against
each
other
in
the
same
district,
when
possible.
Seventh
is
compliance
with
the
voting
rights
act,
which
is
a
mandatory
principle.
N
In
addition
to
being
a
traditional
principal,
several
other
districting
principles
have
been
emerging
in
other
states
in
recent
years,
such
as
electoral
competitiveness,
which
aims
to
maximize
the
number
of
districts
in
which
an
election
is
likely
to
be
close
prohibitions
on
partisan
data
which
aim
to
reduce
or
eliminate
the
consideration
of
political
implications
when
drawing
district
lines
and
prohibitions
on
either
the
favoring
or
disfavoring
of
incumbents
candidates
or
political
parties,
which
relates
to
the
partisan
gerrymandering
issue.
We
just
discussed,
as
you
can
see,
many
of
these
principles
can
conflict.
N
N
It
could
be
difficult
to
get
close
to
the
ideal
population
for
a
district
or
it
might
require
a
political
subdivision
to
be
split
if
a
particular
racial
or
ethnic
group
has
grown
in
part
of
an
area
that
spans
multiple
existing
districts,
to
the
point
that
it
might
require
a
minority
majority
district.
This
could
require
the
core
of
previous
districts
to
be
split
or
for
incumbents,
both
in
that
area
to
be
paired
against
each
other.
N
It's
also
important
to
remember
that
no
district
is
drawn
in
a
vacuum.
All
districts
have
to
be
drawn
as
a
part
of
a
statewide
whole
and
in
a
state
where
the
vast
majority
of
the
population
lives
in
two
urban
cores.
This
alone
can
require
counties
to
be
split
or
for
some
districts
to
be
so
geographically
small
as
a
result
of
dense
population
that
the
underlying
physical
geography
of
streets
and
neighborhoods
results
in
unusual
shapes.
N
Ultimately,
it's
up
to
the
legislature
to
determine
how
to
exercise
its
judgment
to
prioritize
and
balance
these
principles
to
create
a
set
of
maps
that
work
for
the
state
believe
that
is
the
end
of
this
presentation.
So
I'd
be
happy
to
hand
it
back
to
mr
stewart
now
to
see.
If
there
are
any
questions
in
the
room
that
either
of
us
would
be
able
to
handle.
D
I
guess
we're
on.
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and,
and
I
guess
because
I
have
been
involved
in
several
of
these
over
the
last
my
career
in
the
legislature,
but
we
talk
about
protecting
incumbents,
but
truly
especially
in
the
assembly
you're,
not
really
an
incumbent,
because
you're
up
for
election
so-
and
I
know
in
the
last
in
2011,
my
assembly
district,
which
was
35
in
the
north,
ended
up
down
here
in
clark
county,
and
so
you
know
it
was
a
complete
shift
out.
D
N
N
The
federal
requirement
under
the
u.s
constitution
for
population
equality
between
districts
sometimes
results
in
districts
necessarily
being
moved
from
rural
areas
to
urban
areas,
which
can
sometimes
force
incumbents
and
those
rural
areas
to
run
against
each
other
or
make
it
impossible
to
preserve
the
cores
of
the
prior
districts.
If
there's
not
enough,
population
actually
left
in
those
rural
areas
to
preserve
those
seeds.
So
that's
kind
of
the
broad
answer
to
the
question:
the
the
more
narrow
answer.
The
question
is
generally
for
the
purpose
of
analyzing,
whether
you're
pairing
incumbents
against
each
other.
N
A
Thank
you
senator
any
additional
questions,
all
right
not
seeing
any
additional
questions.
I
will
go
ahead
and
close
this
agenda
item
and
open
up
agenda
item
5..
This
will
be
the
review
of
the
activities
and
recommendations
of
the
committee
to
conduct
an
interim
study
of
the
requirements
for
reapportionment,
reapportionment
and
redistricting
in
nevada.
This
will
be
a
brief
review
of
the
interim
study
from
last
year
and
mr
michael
stewart,
it
looks
like
he
is
prepping
up
his
next
show,
so
we
will
give
him
a
minute
and
when
you're
ready.
Mr
steward,
please
proceed.
B
All
right,
thank
you,
madam
turn,
members
of
the
committee
again
for
the
record
michael
stewart
research
director
with
the
legislative
council
bureau
just
really
fast.
As
you
know,
last
interim
we
had
a
interim
study
on
reinforcement
and
redistricting
as
well
and
what
happens
is
every
10
years
during
the
interim
prior
to
each
redistricting
session,
the
nevada
legislature
conducts
an
interim
study,
other
requirements
for
reimbursement
and
redistricting.
B
Three
of
the
members
on
this
committee
also
sat
on
that
committee.
So
some
of
this
will
be
kind
of
a
repeat
for
you,
but
the
idea
for
that
is
to
set
the
stage
and
advance
the
redistricting
session
to
ensure
that
the
legislature
is
prepared
to
commence
redistricting
as
soon
as
statewide
data
from
the
u.s
census
bureau
is
received.
B
B
Last
interim
were
an
examination
monitoring
of
redistricting
systems
established
or
recommended
by
the
nevada
legislature,
a
review
of
case
law,
a
review
of
redistricting
programs
and
plans
in
other
states
and
then
nevada's
continuing
participation
in
programs
of
the
u.s
census
bureau,
including
participation
in
the
census,
to
ensure
a
complete
and
accurate
count
of
all
nevadans.
So
if
you're
on
that
committee
remember,
we
heard
a
lot
from
this
many
presentations
from
the
census
bureau
and
also
nevada's
complete
count
committee.
B
B
We
received
a
lot
of
testimony,
including
from
lcb
staff,
on
historical
data
and
various
legal
issues,
as
well
as
gis
functionality.
We
heard
from
census
bureau
representatives
I,
like,
I
said
the
complete
count
committee,
the
state
demographer
representatives
from
the
nevada
system
of
higher
education
and
mr
reynolds
is
here
today
as
well.
B
A
Okay,
all
right,
not
seeing
any
questions
from
members,
I
will
go
ahead
and
close
agenda
item
five
and
open
up
agenda
item
6.
agenda
item.
6
will
be
the
review
of
reapportionment
and
redistrict
redistricting
efforts
and
proposed
plan
by
the
board
of
regents
nevada
system
of
higher
education
for
consideration
by
the
nevada
legislature.
A
As
you
know,
the
legislature
is
responsible
for
drawing
these
district
boundaries
for
the
nevada
system
of
higher
education
board
of
regents.
Fortunately,
the
board
and
its
staff
have
been
working
diligently
on
this
issue
and
for
quite
some
time
so
joining
us
today,
joe
reynolds
chief
general
counsel
within
she,
he
will
explain
the
redistricting
efforts
of
the
board
so
welcome
mr
reynolds.
A
O
Thank
you,
chair
miller,
and
members
of
the
committee,
joe
reynolds
chief
general
counsel,
for
the
record,
and
also
with
me
today
is
ms
constance,
brooks
the
vice
chancellor
for
inchi
public
affairs
and,
first
of
all
again
just
like
to
thank
chair
miller
members
of
the
committee
for
allowing
me
to
speak
today
and
to
present
for
the
committee's
review
and
consideration
the
board
of
regents,
reapportionment
and
redistricting.
A
proposal.
O
O
Throughout
this
this
timeline,
I
have
made
public
presentations
to
the
boards
of
regents,
based
at
least
on
preliminary
data
that
we
had
before
we
received
the
final
census
data
to
allow
for
public
input
to
receive
any
type
of
public
comments
before
and
after
those
public
meetings
and
as
well
just
wanted
to
emphasize
that
the
plan
before
you
today
was
at
a
public
meeting
where
there
was
an
opportunity
for
public
comment.
Before
and
after
the
meeting
as
well.
O
And
also,
as
you've
heard
a
bit
today,
based
upon
our
u.s
census
data,
the
majority
of
the
board
of
regents
districts
are
certainly
in
clark,
county
9.49,
so
about
nine
and
a
half
of
the
districts
are
clark.
County-Based
districts,
three
and
a
half
are
in
the
other
parts
of
the
state
in
rural
and
northern
nevada.
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
We
have
five
minority
combined
minority
majority
districts,
the
first
five
districts,
one
through
five
are
are
a
non-white
majority,
and
this
is
an
increase
from
the
proposal
that
was
approved
by
the
legislature
in
2011.
in
2011
districts,
one
four
and
five,
where
a
non-white
majority.
This
plan
has
districts
one
two,
three
four
and
five
as
a
non-white
majority.
A
A
O
Plan
where
it
was
just
districts,
one
four
and
five
so
districts,
two
and
three
have
become
a
are
drawn
to
be
a
non-white
majority
and
with
respect
to
the
slide
37
within
that
we
have
two
districts:
district,
4
and
district
5
that
are,
for
the
first
time,
majority
hispanic
districts
and
within
those
also
have
a
majority
voting
age.
Hispanic
population.
F
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
So
when
I
was
looking
through
these
maps
and
you
discussed
it
and
we
went
through
pretty
quickly
and-
and
I
was
just
I-
I
appreciate
the
the
the
brevity
that
you
had
with
us.
I
guess
my
question
is:
is
when
you
were
when
you
were
meaning
to
draw
your
districts
or
to
I
guess,
redraw
your
districts.
What
was
your
motivation?
What
was
the?
What
was
the
driving
force?
What
were
you,
what
were
you?
F
What
were
the
main
things
you
were
taking
into
consideration
when
you
were
when
you
were
looking
at
how
you
were
going
to
shape
these
districts?
Obviously
I
think
you're
trying
to
keep
them
within
the
incumbents
that
are
currently
seated.
So
you
don't
draw
any
of
the
current
sitting
regions
out,
but
what
was
it?
What
were
some
other
driving
forces
behind
what
your
motivation
was
for?
How
you
did.
O
You
know,
as
approved
by
you,
know,
decades
of
u.s
supreme
court
decisions
and
the
nevada
constitution
and
nevada
revised
statutes,
so
that
was
the
sole
motivating
factor
is
to
make
sure
that
this
was
a
lawful,
fair,
appropriate
proposal
that
the
legislature
could
meaningfully
consider.
We
wanted
wanted
it
to
have
integrity
and
specifically,
didn't
ask
for
or
look
for
any
type
of
information,
such
as
political
party
affiliations
or
no
considerations
such
as
that.
F
I
mean
it's
very
apparent
that
you
smoothed
out
a
lot
of
these
districts,
as
we
were
looking
through
from
from
from
previous
districts
to
the
new
district.
The
shape
alone
looked
to
be
smoother,
less
jagged,
edges
less.
Was
there
any
other
factors
that
you
guys
took
into
consideration
when
you
were
when
you
were
when
you
were
when
you're
drawing
these
lines.
O
No
thank
you.
Assemblyman
love
it
joe
reynolds
for
the
record
no
again
in,
and
I
would
refer
back
to
the
anticipated
legal
discussions
that
mr
stewart
and
mr
killian
presented
in
the
earlier
agenda:
item
of
compactness,
contiguity,
preservation
of
counties
and
political
subdivisions,
preserving
the
prior
districts
that
had
already
been
approved
by
the
legislature,
and
so
certainly
you
know
aesthetically.
You
know
looking
at
trying
to
smooth
out
lines
but
doing
so
consistent
with
these
redistricting
and
reinforcement
principles.
O
There
were
now
no
other,
you
know,
considerations
in
terms
of
getting
down
into
businesses
or
specific.
You
know,
residents
or
anything
like
that.
If,
in
in
being
a
lawyer,
you
know
complying
with
the
laws,
we
want
again
a
proposal
that
has
integrity
and
that
is
not
going
to
be
legally
challenged
for
not
complying
with
the
law.
F
O
A
C
C
C
I've
included
a
few
examples
of
gis
maps
just
to
show
what
gis
is
capable
of.
A
lot
of
people
may
not
know
what
gis
is,
but
if
you've
ever
seen
a
map
in
an
article
or
publication,
it
was
likely
produced
using
gis
on
the
left
is
a
map
of
election
results
by
precinct
for
the
2018
congressional
district
2
race,
with
the
color
scales
representing
the
percent
winning
margin
of
the
candidate
who
carried
the
precinct
and
darker
colors,
indicating
a
higher
winning
margin
and
the
size
of
the
symbols
represent.
C
C
C
C
This
is
when
pc
gis
systems
were
first
used
so,
depending
on
the
processing
speed,
we're
now
able
to
see
the
results
of
district
characteristics
faster
when
changes
are
made
and
there
was
the
ability
to
create
hundreds
of
plans
during
a
legislative
session
moving
on
to
2000
and
2010
and
today,
pcs
are
widely
used.
We
now
have
gis
software,
that's
created
specifically
for
redistricting.
C
C
C
C
C
C
A
single
geoid
in
the
pl
94-171
data
corresponds
to
the
same
gid
in
the
geographical
tiger
file,
so
we're
able
to
join
the
population
data
to
the
geography
boundaries
through
a
process
similar
to
how
one
would
join
tables
in
excel,
and
once
this
data
is
joined
to
the
geographic
boundaries,
we
can
start
building
districts
under
usual
circumstances.
The
census
data
would
have
been
delivered
to
nevada
roughly
one
year
after
census
day.
So
in
february
or
march
of
2021.
C
There
were
further
adjustments
made
to
the
2020
census
data
before
it
was
ready
to
use,
because
nevada
is
required
by
law
to
redistrict,
using
an
adjusted
population
data
set
pursuant
to
ab450
of
the
2019
legislative
session.
That
reflects
the
reallocation
of
inmates
to
their
last
known
residential
address
prior
to
incarceration,
rather
than
the
address
of
the
facility
in
which
they
were
incarcerated
and
counted
at
on
census
day.
C
C
C
Election
data
is
reported
at
the
precinct
level,
but
redistricting
often
takes
place
at
the
census
block
level,
which
is
a
much
smaller
level
geographically,
so
the
data
must
be
disaggregated
and
it's
through
this
process
of
disaggregation.
That
makes
the
data
less
accurate
and
more
of
an
estimate.
So
just
a
word
of
caution
when
considering
political
data.
C
For
the
2021,
reapportionment
and
redistricting
cycle,
the
legislature
purchased
redistricting
software
and
hardware
and
hired
additional
technical
staff
all
at
the
recommendation
of
the
previous
interim
committee
on
redistricting.
As
mr
stewart
also
mentioned,
the
redistricting
jazz
software
purchased
for
the
2021
cycle
is
called
auto
bound
edge
and
is
produced
by
citygate
gis.
C
C
Additionally,
the
web-based
license
option
was
purchased
for
members
of
the
public
to
be
able
to
participate
over
the
internet
and
submit
redistricting
plan
proposals
and
communities
of
interest
for
consideration,
lcb
hired
four
gis
technicians
to
assist
the
legislature
in
a
technical
capacity
with
the
software
and
the
data
one
gis
technician
is
assigned
to
each
caucus,
as
their
dedicated
technical
expert
and
hardware
purchased,
for
the
2021
cycle
includes
workstations
for
the
gs
technicians
who
are
assisting
the
caucuses
as
well
as
printers
or
maps,
including
a
a
24
inch
desktop
printer
and
a
large
format.
Plotter.
C
This
is
a
screenshot
of
the
desktop
redistricting
software
for
legislators.
It
includes
many
helpful
tools
to
create
plans
and
assess
whether
they
adhere
to
the
legal
requirements
for
redistricting
on.
The
bottom
is
an
active
matrix
that
updates
population
calculations
for
each
district.
In
real
time
when
changes
to
districts
are
made,
there
are
also
various
types
of
reports
that
can
be
exported
for
any
plan.
C
The
web-based
redistricting
software
for
members
of
the
public,
known
as
my
district
in
nevada,
operates
very
similarly
to
the
desktop
software
there's
an
active
matrix
that
updates
in
real
time
when
changes
are
made,
and
there
are
options
for
reports
and
a
validation
check.
It's
designed
to
be
simple
and
easy
to
use
in
the
middle
there.
In
that
screenshot,
you
can
see
the
drop
down
menu
for
select
assignment
layer
contains
those
three
levels
of
building
blocks
for
districts
previously
mentioned
counties
precincts
and
census
blocks.
C
Users
can
also
create
and
submit
communities
of
interest
through
my
districting
publicly
submitted
plans
and
communities
of
interest
are
posted
to
public
web
pages
for
anyone
to
view
download
or
comment
and
more
information
on
how
to
use.
My
district
in
nevada,
including
both
english
and
spanish
version
user
guides,
can
be
found
on
the
legislators
redistricting
website,
which
is
linked
on
this
slide.
C
The
public
web-based
redistricting
application
and
the
desktop
software
for
legislators
do
integrate
so
legislators
can
import
public
plan
proposals
and
communities
of
interest
into
the
desktop
software
to
view.
The
images
on
this
slide
are
screenshots
of
the
public
pages
that
house
the
public,
redistricting
plan
and
community
of
interest
submissions.
C
Anyone
can
download
a
plan
or
view
plans
and
communities
of
interest
and
provide
comments.
As
of
this
morning,
there
are
22
public
proposals
for
congressional
districts,
one
public
proposal
for
state
senate
districts
and
one
public
proposal
for
state
assembly
districts.
There
are
also
two
publicly
submitted
communities
of
interest
so
far.
A
P
Thank
you
so
much,
madam
chairwoman.
My
questions
are
about
the
my
districting
software
that
the
public
has
access
to
the
web-based
one.
So
when
the
public
goes
in
to
work
through
this
application,
I'll
say
play
with
it,
do
they
have
to
draw
all
of
the
districts
or
do
they
go
in
and
they?
If
someone
just
wanted
to
work
in
one
district,
do
they
have
the
ability
to
do
that?
P
I
guess
what
should
their
expectation
be
when
they
go
in
there?
Are
they
they're
they're,
doing
all
of
all
of
the
political
districts,
kind
of
assembly
and
state,
I'm
sorry
assembly
senate
or
they
can
go
in
and
just
kind
of
focus
in
on
one
particular
district
and
try
to
augment
lines,
although
that
would
impact
everything
else,
but
I'm
wondering
like
when
they
go
into
play
with
it.
What
would
they
see.
C
C
If
a
user
has
a
desire
to
focus
on
a
specific
district,
I
would
recommend
them
use
the
communities
of
interest
tool
and
specify
that
that
is
for
a
certain
district
through
the
communities
of
interest
tool.
They
can
freehand
draw
an
area
to
submit
for
consideration,
but
through
the
my
districting
application
users
do
have
to
create
a
complete
plan
for
all
of
the
districts.
P
Thank
you
so
much.
I
appreciate
that.
I
think
that
helps
the
public
to
know
when
they
sit
down
and
start
playing
with
us
that
they
want
to
make
a
pretty
hearty
time
commitment
to
what
they're
doing,
because
it
won't
be
as
simple
as
just
taking
what
their
local
one
particular
district
in
changing
a
couple
numbers.
It
might
be
more
complicated
than
that.
The
next
thing
I
wanted
to
ask
is:
will
the
public
be
able
to
submit
non-legal
maps
that
are
not
in
compliance
with
the
law,
or
will
they
be
just?
C
Thank
you
again,
assemblywoman
benitez
thompson,
so
plans
that
are
submitted
through
the
my
districting
application
must
be
in
compliance
with
the
law.
There
is
a
validation
check
that
must
be
run
on
the
plans
which
checks
for
contiguity
that
all
areas
within
the
state
are
assigned
and
that
the
districts
are
within
the
required
deviation
that
is
allowed,
and
so,
if
a
plan
does
not
pass
that
validation
check,
it
cannot
be
submitted
to
us
and
will
not
be
posted
on
the
public
pages.
A
D
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
that
miss
assemblywoman
benitez
thompson's
question
really
all
right.
Now
I
heard
you,
you
said
you
had
some
plans
that
were
submitted
or
some
maps
that
have
been
submitted,
miss
prowl,
and
yet
I
thought
you
said.
One
of
them
was
just
a
district
plan,
a
plan
for
a
district
now
clearly
that
wouldn't
com
apply
to
the
whole
state,
like
you
just
said,
said
so
that
map
would
not
be
put
up.
C
The
component
of
my
district
team
that
does
not
have
a
complete
plan
is
the
communities
of
interest
tool
and
my
recommendation
was:
if,
if
users
wanted
to
focus
on
a
certain
single
district,
they
could
use
the
communities
of
interest
tool
to
submit
that.
But
everything
that
is
a
redistricting
plan
that
has
been
submitted
and
posted
publicly
is
a
complete
plan
for
the
whole
state,
either
congressional
state
assembly
or
state
senate
districts.
A
Thank
you
senator
any
additional
questions,
not
seeing
any.
Thank
you
for
that
presentation,
ms
prowl
and
I
will
go
ahead
and
close
agenda
item
seven
with
that.
We
will
move
on
to
our
final
agenda
item,
which
is
public
comment.
So
again
we
will
have
our
second
public
comment
period
and
for
the
interest
of
time
we
ask
that
everyone
speaking
limit
their
comments
to
three
minutes
per
speaker.
A
First,
we
will
start
here
in
las
vegas
and
then
we
will
flip
back
and
give
the
opportunity
for
any
of
those
wishing
to
call.
In
again,
the
number
is
one:
six,
six,
nine,
nine,
zero,
zero
six
eight
three
three
after
you
are
connected,
please
make
sure
to
enter
the
meeting
id
eight
four,
seven:
zero,
eight
three,
seven
zero,
two
zero
two
and
you
will
be
followed
by
the
pound
sign
so
seeing
multiple
people
approach
the
front
who
want
to
make
public
comment
just
for
those
listening
who
are
participating.
A
D
D
D
I
just
I
just
can't
believe
it.
When
I
hear
a
presentation,
that's
so
far
out
of
date,
compaction
read
these
cases.
Ask
any
attorney
that
you
trust
a
friend
to
read
these
two
cases
abrams
in
97
tenet
versus
jefferson
county
in
2012.,
though
that
is
the
law
today.
The
three
cases
he
cited
are
not
the
law
today.
Q
Good
afternoon
chairwoman,
miller
and
committee
members,
my
name
is
noel
orozco.
I
am
the
census
and
redistricting
coordinator
at
silver
state
voices,
and
I'm
here
today
on
behalf
of
the
nevadans
count
coalition
during
the
the
80th
legislative
session,
super
state
voices,
co-presented
ab450,
which
would
reallocate
incarcerated
people
from
where
they
are
incarcerated
to
their
home
communities.
Q
The
legislature
approved
this
measure
and,
at
the
time,
made
nevada
one
of
only
nine
states
to
get
rid
of
the
practice
known
as
prison.
Gerrymandering
since
january,
I
have
been
in
communication
with
the
state
demographers
and
the
legislative
council
bureau
lcb
to
better
understand
how
the
legislature
would
implement
ab450.
Q
I've
also
asked
for
the
following
for
how
it
follows
what
it
will
do
if
it
cannot
find
the
last
known
address
of
each
individual
and
how
it
would
be
verifying
the
accuracy
of
it.
At
the
beginning
of
september,
the
lcb
was
able
to
provide
me
with
a
summary
of
many
incarcerated
people
that
many
people
are
many
incarcerated.
People
are
out
of
state
how
much
have
been
insta,
how
many
have
an
in-state
address
and
how
many
they
simply
do
not
have
on
file.
Q
The
summary
confirmed
what
I
feared.
The
department
of
corrections
does
not
have
the
address
for
about
one-third
of
the
incarcerated
people
that
they
provided
further
of
the
twelve
thousand
two
hundred
and
fourteen
that
department
of
corrections
provided
only
six
thousand
two
hundred
and
seventy-five
individuals
or
51
percent,
would
be
reallocated
I'd
like
to
reiterate
that
this
is
I'd
like
to
reiterate
that
this
is
not
the
entire
incarcerated
population.
Rather,
it
is
what
the
department
of
corrections
has
provided
the
demographer.
Q
This
is
deeply
concerning
to
the
nevadans
coalition,
because
we
have
been
trying
to
find
out
what
the
department
of
corrections
and
how
they
collect
this
information
since
march.
Today
we
have
not
received
any
response
from
the
department
of
correction.
I
understand
that
it
may
not
be
possible
to
reallocate
100
of
the
people.
Q
I
also
understand
that
we
are
in
a
shortened
timeline
for
redistricting.
However,
there
is
still
time
to
ensure
the
intents
of
ab450
are
implemented.
I
am
pleased
to
hear
that
ab450
will
be
discussed
in
a
future
meeting.
If
we
do
not
get
it
right
now,
we
will
not
have
another
opportunity
for
another
decade.
A
M
M
The
2020
census
data
released
in
august
shows
that
the
asian
population
grew
by
about
36
nationwide,
making
it
one
of,
if
not
the
fastest,
growing
segment
of
the
u.s
population.
The
data
also
showed
that
the
asian
and
latino
populations
accounted
for
74
percent
of
the
entire
country's
growth
nevada's
asian
and
pacific.
Islander
communities
helped
lead
that
growth,
regardless
how
you
separate
the
data
nevada
ranks.
Fourth,
with
respect
to
the
share
of
our
asian
and
pacific
islander
populations
after
hawaii,
california
and
washington.
M
So
for
us,
the
currently,
the
asian
and
pacific
islander
populations,
asians
alone
or
in
combination,
makes
up
about
11.4
native
hawaiians
or
other
pacific
islanders.
Shout
out
to
9th
island
here
alone,
or
in
combination
makes
it
1.7
in
both
the
silver
state
now
ranks.
Fourth,
because
of
the
way
the
census
bureau
collects
aapi
data,
we
cannot
simply
give
you
a
combination
numbers,
but
we
do
believe
it's
about
12.5
percent
of
the
state's
population
and
still
fourth
in
the
country
and
that's
over
389,
000,
asians
and
pacific
islanders
here
10
years
ago.
M
Our
communities
were
too
few
and
scattered
throughout
the
valley.
A
decade
later,
that's
not
the
case.
Our
communities
are
now
geographically
compact
in
the
southwest
part
of
the
valley.
Our
community
has
political
cohesiveness
and
because
of
organizations
like
ours,
the
asian
community
development
council,
we're
able
to
provide
culturally
and
linguistically
appropriate
information,
so
aapi
residents
and
voters
can
make
informed
decisions.
M
Nevada
is
now
one
of
only
six
states
where
the
asian
pacific
islander
communities
make
up
more
than
10
percent
of
the
state
population.
Yet
when
our
community
looks
at
the
makeup
of
the
state
legislature,
we
cannot
help
but
notice
the
underrepresentation
of
aapn
nevadans
chairwoman,
miller
and
committee
members.
It
will
be
a
disservice
to
our
community
if
this
committee
and
the
legislature
does
not
take
into
consideration
of
the
growth
of
our
community
when
rejoining
the
state
legislative
districts
for
the
asian
pacific
on
the
communities
here
in
nevada.
M
L
Good
morning,
sherwood
miller
and
oh
wait,
I
should
speak
up
there.
We
go
there
there
there
good
morning,
sherwood
miller,
members
of
the
committee
for
the
record.
My
name
is
quentin
savoie,
that's
s-a-v-w-o-I-r,
I'm
the
deputy
director
at
make
it
work
nevada
and
make
it
work.
Nevada,
education
fund
by
now
you've
heard
about
the
tremendous
population
growth
in
nevada
and
how
it
has
made
us
amongst
the
most
diverse
states
in
the
country,
but
lesser
known,
but
equally
as
important
as
the
tremendous
growth
in
the
black
community.
L
More
than
375
000
nevadans
identify
as
black
or
multi-racial
with
that
black,
with
black
being
included
in
that
which
is
an
increase
of
nearly
50
percent.
The
guidelines
that
this
committee
will
propose
and
the
maps
of
the
legislature
will
draw
in
the
upcoming
special
session,
will
be
the
foundation
of
access
to
political
power
and
electoral
power
and
the
right
to
vote
for
those
who
will
represent
our
communities.
L
It
cannot
be
overstated
that
the
legislature
should
consider
and
propose
only
those
maps
that
adequately
represent
the
diversity
of
nevada
and
make
it
work.
Nevada
will
continue
to
prioritize
increase
civic
engagement
so
that
more
voices
can
be
heard
about
how
our
community
should
look
and
who
should
represent
those
communities.
L
Today's
meeting
is
a
first
step
towards
fulfilling
the
obligation
to
create
more
meaningful
opportunities
for
public
engagement
in
this
process.
We
hope
that
this
process
continues
into
the
special
session
and
we
look
forward
to
monitoring
this
process
and
working
alongside
you
to
making
sure
that
our
community's
voices
are
hurt.
Thank
you
very
much
for
your
time.
P
He's
much
taller
good
afternoon,
members
of
the
committee
and
chairwoman
miller.
My
name
is
maria
teresa
lieberman
parraga,
and
I
am
the
deputy
director
of
institute
for
progressive
nevada
and
you've
heard
a
lot
today
about
how
our
communities
are
growing,
especially
our
asian
latino
and
black
communities
and
as
proud
members
of
the
nevadans
count
coalition.
We
hope
that
these
communities
are
part
of
this
process.
P
Our
state
is
becoming
increasingly
diverse
and
more
populated,
and
you
have
seen
and
heard
that
we
are
among
the
top
in
the
country
that
are
in
are
diverse,
as
we
continue
to
grow
in
both
population
and
diversity.
It
is
important
that
this
body
ensures
that
all
of
these
communities
are
taken
into
account
during
this
redistricting
process
and
we
hope
that
their
input
is
actively
sought
out
and
taken
into
consideration.
P
Our
communities
are
growing
and
we
all
would
like
to
have
a
seat
at
the
table
and
be
taken
seriously
and
throughout
this
upcoming
redistricting
process,
and
this
is
a
very
good
start
of
that
and
having
these
local
meetings
are
a
very
good
start
of
that.
So
thank
you
for
hosting
these
meetings.
We
hope
to
work
alongside
this
body
and
all
of
you
to
ensure
that
our
communities
are
properly
represented
and
thanks
again
for
hosting
this
meeting,
and
we
look
forward
to
working
with
you.
Thank.
L
As
you've
heard
today,
our
country,
state
and
region
have
all
experienced
dramatic
changes
in
the
last
decade
as
someone
who's
a
product
of
southern
nevada.
I,
like
so
many
of
you,
have
witnessed
significant
changes
to
our
region's
makeup,
including
a
fast-growing,
asian-american
pacific
islander
community.
L
The
aclu
of
nevada
is
here
today
because,
among
other
reasons,
we're
concerned
that
if
the
legislature
were
to
advance
maps
that
are
relatively
the
same
as
they
stand
today,
it
would
result
in
the
dilution
of
voting
power
in
nevada's
growing
aapi
community.
That
has,
and
continues
to
be,
woefully
underrepresented.
L
Statewide
section
two
of
the
voting
rights
act
prohibits
drawing
electoral
district
maps
that
minimize
or
cancel
out
the
voting
strength
of
a
racial
or
language
minority
group
and
a
violation
may
occur
where
that
minority
group
is
sufficiently
large
and
geographically
compact
enough
to
constitute
a
majority
in
a
single
member
district.
Politically
cohesive
and
the
majority
group
votes
sufficiently
as
a
block
to
enable
it,
in
the
absence
of
special
circumstances,
usually
to
defeat
the
minorities
preferred
candidate.
L
L
These
assembly
districts
are
in
close
proximity
with
the
aapi
population,
concentrated
enough
throughout
to
create
a
reasonably
compact
assembly
district.
That
makes
the
aapi
vote
outcome.
Determinative
you've
heard
from
our
friends
at
ac
dc
that
there
is
political
cohesion
within
the
community
and
national
research
and
exit
polling
has
indicated
that
the
aapi
voting
block
has
supported
the
same
candidate,
approximately
at
least
two-thirds
of
the
time
across
the
country
in
most
races.
L
If
the
legislature
does
not
consider
changes
in
the
aapi
population
in
the
southwest
region,
here
simply
opts
to
make
assembly
districts,
8,
9,
35
and
41
larger.
It's
choosing
to
potentially
create
even
larger
majority
voting
blocks
that
will
likely
dilute
both
access
and
representation
within
our
aapi
community.
L
The
legislature
can
help
provide
the
aapi
community
the
opportunity
to
elect
representatives
of
their
choice
by
adding
an
additional
assembly
seat
for
a
district,
that
is,
majority
aapi,
that's
50,
plus
one,
and
if
it's
the
legislature's
desire
to
continue
the
process
of
nesting
assembly
districts
and
senate
districts,
the
legislature
should
consider
adding
two
assembly
seats
and
one
senate
seat.
We're
at
a
bare
minimum,
adjust
existing
seats
to
make
the
aapi
vote
as
outcome
determinative
as
possible.
A
A
A
I
I
A
F
Okay,
thank
you
good
afternoon,
chairwoman,
miller
and
the
rest
of
the
committee.
This
is
dora
martinez.
I
represent
the
nevada
disability
peer
action
coalition,
I'm
just
curious
and
just
want
to
throw
it
out
there.
I'm
blind
and
I
was
trying
to
navigate
the
website
or
or
just
informing,
but
when
you
guys
do
there
is
just
districting.
F
F
So,
if
there's
a
number
that
people
could
put
on
the
bottom
or
maybe
on
the
top
of
the
web
page
that
we
could
call
so
they
could
help
us
navigate
those
type
of
things,
it
would
very
be
very
helpful.
It
is
under
the
americans,
with
disability
act
of
1992
and
1973.
The
rehab
act
that
people
who
receives
money
from
the
fed
or
the
state
have
to
be
accessible.
So
I
just
thought
I
threw
it
out
there.
Thank
you.
So
much
have
a
great
afternoon.
I
I
K
Yes,
hi,
my
name
is
cyrus
hojatti,
c-y-r-u-s
h-o-j-j-a-t-y.
I
just
wanted
to
point
out
that
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
so
much
for
allowing
us
to
speak
clearly.
A
lot
of
this,
I
think,
is
just
the
battle
between
power,
and
I
feel
as
if
that,
first
of
all,
I
think
we're
doing
this
largely
because
of
population
growth,
so
we
have
to
look
into
what's
causing
population
growth.
K
I
think
a
lot
of
this
is
because
of
the
high
cost
of
california,
and
you
know,
one
of
the
issues
is
that
you
know
we
always
like
to
promote
only
the
benefits
of
diversity,
but
we
see
here
that
all
these
different
ethnic
groups,
all
these
different
racial
groups,
are
always
constantly
fighting
for
power.
So
I
really
think
this
is
really
just
a
a
battle,
a
struggle
instead,
and
I
also
believe
that
a
lot
of
this
is
just
a
you
know:
secret
power
grab.
You
know
we
see
that
more
power
going
to
clark
county.
K
We
see
that
the
large
corporations
they
want,
the
population
to
flood
within
one
county,
central
control,
big-money
donors,
casinos,
unions
and
so
forth,
and
I
I
just
feel
like
there's
something
really
really
fishy
going
on
absolutely
so
you
have
to
keep
that
in
mind,
but
other
than
that.
Hopefully
the
districts
are
represented
well
enough
and
thank
you
guys
so
much.
I
appreciate
it.
A
P
P
I'm
sorry
I
have
them.
I
have
a
bad
throat.
I
see
americans
and
all
americans
should
be
represented
equally
not
divided.
Please
make
your
decisions
of
lines
equal
to
all,
not
just
one
ethnic
group
here
and
another
there.
I'd
like
to
be
kept
in
the
loop
as
the
as
the
lines
are
drawn.
I've
been
very
actively
very
active
in
politics,
my
entire
life.
P
P
These
new
maps
will
last
10
years,
which
will
be
detrimental
to
everyone.
If
you
draw
the
lines
by
ethnicities
and
special
diversities,
every
nevada
citizen
deserves
to
be
representative,
those
that
only
want
to
be
identified
by
their
diversity
or
their
ethnicity.
Don't
consider
any
everyone
that
is
as
citizen.
P
They
want
to
have
more
privileges
and
representation
than
everyone
else
that
isn't
in
their
demographic.
Please
consider
all
nevada
citizens
when
drawing
your
districts.
Let's
have
nevada,
be
the
first
state
to
draw
fair
districts.
I
have
over
a
hundred
members
of
my
family
in
nevada,
many
ethnicities
and
not
one
of
us
uses
a
hyphen
in
our
name.
We
are
all
americans,
we
are
not
german
americans,
americans,
black
americans,
norwegian
americans
or
any
other
americans.
We
are
just
americans,
let's
all
be
americans
and,
let's
all
be
fair.
A
Okay,
then,
with
that,
I
will
go
ahead
and
close
agenda
item
eight
for
public
com,
close
out
of
agenda
item
for
public
comment,
if
there's
no
further
business
coming
before
the
committee
today,
I'd
like
to
remind
everyone
that
our
next
meeting
will
be
this
wednesday
october
27th
in
carson
city
in
the
legislative
building
at
5
pm
and
the
following
day
in
fallon
at
9
30
a.m
and
again,
thank
you,
everyone,
so
much
for
your
engagement
and
participation
today
with
that.
This
meeting
is
adjourned.