Sunland Park could be looking at a special election after residents submitted a petition calling for redistricting.
The Las Cruces Sun-News reports that just 12 hours after a motion to discuss redistricting died in the City Council a resident submitted a petition with 163 signatures calling for redistricting. If at least 76 if those signatures are of registered voters in Sunland Park, the organizers will then submit a resolution calling for a special election asking voters for redistricting.
Sunland Park residents have broached the topic of redistricting before due to the belief that the population is unevenly distributed across the six districts. The mayor said the differences could be 2,000 people.
Redistricting will happen after the 2020 U.S. census, as required by state law.
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Information from: Las Cruces Sun-News.
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