Electoral districts and precincts.

Existing law requires the local elections official to divide the jurisdiction into election precincts. The elections official is required to establish precinct boundaries so that they do not cross census tract or enumeration district lines, to the extent possible without subjecting the voter to significant inconvenience. This bill would repeal the requirement that precinct boundaries not cross census tract or enumeration district lines. The bill would also delete a provision of law requiring each precinct to be identified according to the census tract or enumeration district in which it is located. Existing law establishes the boundaries of Senate, Assembly, State Board of Equalization, and congressional districts based on the 2000 national census. This bill would repeal, effective January 1, 2013, those provisions establishing Assembly and congressional districts, and would further repeal, effective January 1, 2015, those provisions establishing Senate and State Board of Equalization districts.