PROPOSED VOTING PRECINCTS AVAILABLE ONLINE
The Board of Election Commissioners met on May 24th to discuss the suggestions made at that meeting and the May 19th public hearings. After reviewing many suggestions, the Commissioners are now considering the following two maps:
May 31st Proposed Scenario 1 (with current precinct overlay in red)
May 31st Proposed Scenario 2 (with current precinct overlay in red)
The Commissioners will vote on a final map at their meeting scheduled for May 31, 2011 at 5:30pm.
In many areas of the City, voters would continue to go to the same polling places to cast their ballots as they have in the past. It should be noted that the re-precincting changes would not take effect until the 2012 elections.
Questions or comments can be sent to elections2@cambridgema.gov.
Other maps of interest:
The current map with 11 wards and 33 precincts
The May 19th proposed map with 11 wards and 33 precincts
The May 19th proposed map with the present precinct overlay in red
Editor’s Note: Each of the proposed new maps has only minimal changes from the current map. The main changes are in East Cambridge where above-average population growth over the last decade requires that precincts be adjusted so that all 33 precincts in the city have approximately equal population.