{"id":16993,"date":"2021-08-25T10:37:06","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T14:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.ocfl.net\/?post_type=press-release&p=16993"},"modified":"2021-08-25T15:46:14","modified_gmt":"2021-08-25T19:46:14","slug":"orange-county-names-advisory-committee-to-lead-redistricting-efforts","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/newsroom.ocfl.net\/media-advisories\/press-releases\/2021\/08\/orange-county-names-advisory-committee-to-lead-redistricting-efforts\/","title":{"rendered":"Orange County Names Advisory Committee to Lead Redistricting Efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Board of County Commissioners Confirmed Group to \u2018Draw The Line for Equal Representation\u2019 with new Census Data<\/em><\/p>\n

\"OrangeOrange County, Fla.<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Every 10 years the Florida Constitution and the Orange County Charter calls for a reconfiguration of political boundaries. As the latest census was a completed by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2020, Orange County must complete its decennial redistricting process by March 2022.<\/p>\n

The goal of redistricting is to readjust the population between commission districts so that no Orange County Commissioner is representing substantially more individual residents than the other commissioners. Redistricting is accomplished by adjusting the boundaries of the County\u2019s six commission districts to account for population growth.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, the Board of County Commissioners confirmed a group of 15 community members who will serve on the Advisory Committee for Redistricting<\/a> (ACR). The ACR is tasked with reviewing the 2020 Census data, creating and analyzing proposed plans for adjusting the commission district boundaries, and ultimately providing recommended commission district boundary adjustments to the Board of County Commissioners for its review and consideration by January 14, 2022.<\/p>\n

Advisory Committee for Redistricting:<\/strong><\/p>\n