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Val Swift, Hamilton County Surveyor’s Office

(HARD TO SEARCH) DATA. Val Swift, Hamilton County Surveyor’s Office. VOTER REGISTRATION & PRECINCT MAPPING : WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO?. MAINTAIN DATABASE OF REGISTERED VOTERS (THE STATE MAINTAINS THE DATABASE)

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Val Swift, Hamilton County Surveyor’s Office

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  1. (HARD TO SEARCH) DATA Val Swift, Hamilton County Surveyor’s Office

  2. VOTER REGISTRATION & PRECINCT MAPPING:WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO? • MAINTAIN DATABASE OF REGISTERED VOTERS (THE STATE MAINTAINS THE DATABASE) • MAINTAIN VOTING PRECINCTS WITHIN SIZE LIMITS – BY NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS, NOTPOPULATION (THE COUNTY BREAKS DOWN THE NUMBERS TO REDISTRICT WHERE NECESSARY)

  3. RULES? CONSIDERATIONS?CHALLENGES (PROBLEMS)? • FOLLOW CENSUS BLOCK LINES • CORPORATE BOUNDARIES • CITY…. OR TOWN • “HOLY” ANNEXATIONS • LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES • CITY/TOWN COUNCIL DISTRICTS

  4. TOWN RULES

  5. CITY RULES

  6. HOLY SWISS CHEESE!

  7. TECHNICOLOR ZIP CODES

  8. Fishers: 5 zips

  9. WHAT (DATA) WE HAD • VOTER DATA WHAT (DATA) WE DID NOT HAVE • ADDRESS POINTS WITH WHICH TO MATCH THE VOTERS

  10. SO… WHAT WE REALLY NEEDED WAS SOME MORE…

  11. NICE SHINY DATA

  12. RELIABLE ADDRESS POINTS… LOTS OF THEM.

  13. DIAL 911? WELL…YES. THE COUNTY’S 911 PROJECT INCLUDED ADDRESS POINTS FOR APARTMENTS WHICH WAS THE DATA THAT THE PARCEL INFORMATION COULDN’T PROVIDE

  14. GEOCODING RESULTS • MATCHES: 153,417 94.9% • TIES: 4934 3.1% • UNMATCHED: 3229 2.0% • TOTAL: 161,580 100%

  15. REALLY GOOD MATCHING

  16. GREAT MATCHING

  17. WEST…EAST…OOPS

  18. DATA ENTRY ERRORS

  19. ADDRESS SORTING ISSUES

  20. 911 ADDRESS TABLE:CHERRY HILL FARMS

  21. VOTER REGISTRATION TABLE

  22. 911 ADDRESS TABLE

  23. ANALYSIS: IT’LL WORK… IT’S (THE PROJECT) ALIVE!! • THE NUMBERS DIDN’T COME OUT EVEN • ADDRESS ERRORS IN VOTER DATABASE • WHICH IS THE “CORRECT” ADDRESS • WHERE ARE SOME OF THE “CONFLICTS” ORIGINATING

  24. “REAL LIFE” APPLICATIONS • REDISTRICTING (COUNTY POPULATION INCREASES MORE THAN 10,00/YR) • ANNEXATIONS (AVERAGE 55 PER YEAR SINCE THE 2000 CENSUS)

  25. ANNEXATIONS • 2001: 32 • 2002: 45 • 2003: 92 • 2004: 58 • 2005: 52 • 2006: 52 • 2007: 8 (THROUGH FEB)

  26. ANNEXATIONS

  27. KEY TASK: IDENTIFYING VOTERS IN NEWLY ANNEXED AREAS • CITY/TOWN COUNCIL DISTRICT • FOR REDISTRICTING

  28. SOLUTIONS • REFINE THE GEOCODING PROCESS • ESTABLISH WORKFLOWS • DETERMINE WHAT REPORTS ARE NEEDED • TRAINING

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