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Political Process Shuffles Area Residents

Federal, state and local municipalities are undergoing a redistricting process, something that's important to help protect the value of your votes.

Right now, you are in the process of moving — and you may not even realize it.  It's a political move, but a move nonetheless. After every ten-year census, the electoral maps are redrawn from top to bottom. City and village officials recently approved new maps for the wards in Port Washington and Saukville, State officials have begun work on maps for the state Assembly and Senate districts and federal officials have been circulating a plan for our congressional districts. In at least one of those districts, you are likely moving. The process makes sense. Every ten years, the Constitution requires the government to perform a census. It allows the government to keep track of who has moved where, which districts have grown and shrunk and …

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Port Redistricting Pins Aldermen Against Each Other

Port Washington Common Council and Saukville Village Board approve new voting maps on Tuesday.

Changes in aldermanic district boundaries sparked by movement at the county level have positioned an incumbent vs. incumbent race for one seat on the Port Washington Common Council in the April 2012 election. The new boundaries move Aldermen Burt Babcock, who represents the 4th District, and Paul Neumyer, who is in the 2nd District, in the same district, something city officials said there was no way to avoid. The terms of both aldermen expire in April and, if they each decide to seek re-election, they will have to run against each other. Ozaukee County approved the revised supervisory districts in early May and gave municipalities 60 days to create ward and district plans, and present them to the county. Ozaukee County's plan reduced the …

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