–A century of voter rights is the topic of two Zoom events this month, focusing on the 19th Amendment then and now. The talks, Aug. 18 and Aug. 25 at noon, are hosted by the San Luis Obispo County Library’s Adult Services Department in coordination with the League of Women Voters of San Luis Obispo County. The presentations are the last in the league’s series of collaborative events to mark the 1920 ratification of the amendment that granted women the right to vote.
KCBX s Benjamin Purper reports.
As part of KCBX s three-part series on redistricting on the Central Coast, we’re looking at how the process works in San Luis Obispo County.
Redistricting is the process of redrawing district boundaries. It affects who represents us in government, where we go to school and more. States, counties and other entities like school districts go through this process based on census data demographic information that comes from the census, which happens every 10 years.
In San Luis Obispo County, district lines are mostly drawn by county staff and then ultimately approved by the Board of Supervisors.
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–In early May 2021, the SLO County Board of Supervisors voted to return to the traditional way of running elections, including neighborhood-level polling places open for just one day, for elections in 2022.
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DRAWING QUICK LINES Delayed 2020 Census data is impacting state and local redistricting efforts this year, which is putting pressure on the 2022 primary election. Delays in the 2020 census are spilling into the nationwide redistricting process, which in turn is creating a time crunch for the 2022 elections. The U.S. s once-a-decade population survey, typically released to the states sometime between March and May the year after it s conducted, isn t expected to be ready this year until October, thanks to COVID-19 and other complications. That roughly six-month delay leaves states and localities with much less time to redraw their electoral district boundaries an already contentious process wrapped in political interests and implications. With a June 2022 primary election around the corner, simply extending the redistricting timeline is problematic, as it could postpone the election.