Liberty

To the editor:

Regarding redistricting of the nine legislative districts, I am concerned about the three map-based proposals from Main Street Communications (Option 1, Option 2, and Option 3) that are available on the Sullivan County website. It is difficult to compare these new maps to the current district map.

It is my understanding that redistricting is necessary in order to give each Legislator’s district an approximately equal percentage of the County’s overall population, yet none of these maps show population statistics. In order to review and compare the redistricting proposals, it would be helpful if Main Street Communications were to produce maps showing population statistics. If all three new maps and the current district map had population statistics, that would clarify the intent of redistricting.

The three options show boundaries, but it is difficult to compare them to the current boundaries. It would be helpful if Main Street Communications were to produce overlay maps showing how the three new maps have different boundaries from the current district map. Using Option 1 as an example, it would be good to see the boundaries of this map superimposed over the boundaries in the current district map.