RUTLAND — After a decade of population decline, Rutland City officials are beginning a conversation about redrawing the lines of its political districts, which would change voting locations for many city residents.
“Some serious adjustments are going to have to be made,” said state Rep. William Notte, D-Rutland, who represents Ward 4.
The state’s Legislative Apportionment Board redraws House and Senate districts every 10 years, based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau, to ensure compliance with the U.S. Supreme Court’s one person-one vote standard. State board members ultimately decide how the House districts are redrawn in Rutland and elsewhere, but Notte is beginning to meet with city officials in hopes that they’ll have a say.
“At the end of the day, of course, it’s the Legislature will have the final stamp…
