The Madison County Board of Supervisors will meet, Monday, May 16, 2011, 9am.
Copied below(scroll down), is the agenda for the Madison County Board of Supervisors meeting. Also, you should be able to access the agenda at http://tinyurl.com/MadAgenda (may be a delay before agenda is uploaded to the web). The Board meeting starts at 9am. For directions to the Madison County Chancery Court and Administrative Office Complex click http://tinyurl.com/MadAdmin
Still no decision on Redistricting -- CONFUSION ABOUNDS! Redistricting proposal has been sent to Department of Justice for Approval. Madison County citizens have been asking if they could provide input to the Department of Justice review of the proposed Madison County Redistricting. The Madison County proposed redistricting request was sent last week asking for "expedited review" so it is important to get any responses in quickly.
SEND FEDEX TO:
Chief Christopher Coates
Voting Section, Civil Rights Division
Room 7254 - NWB
Department of Justice
1800 G. Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006
Just reference the Madison County, MS Redistricting Matter
Emails. You may contact the Voting Section at Voting.Section@usdoj.gov for general information concerning the Section's activities or to make a complaint concerning a voting matter.
Everyone needs to read the Attorney Generals comments about the Madison County lawsuit and rushing through the redistricting... See the AG's comments:http://tinyurl.com/697opqr AND http://tinyurl.com/5r33cgq I think AG HOOD is correct about this matter... why put the entire system in gridlock for no reason!
CONCERNS ABOUT REDISTRICTING:
1. Board of Supervisors did not abide by their own guidelines for redistricting. http://dismithj.posterous.com/madison-county-redistricting-resolution-guide-0
2. Did not select "compact" option
3. Moved 10's of thousands of citizens unnecessarily.
4. Did not make the minimum changes necessary
5. Citizens were disenfranchised since they did not have the opportunity to qualify to run for office in the new district since the qualification deadline had passed.
6. Candidates who had qualified were removed from the districts where they had qualified to run. Current election commissioner were moved out of their district.
7. There is massive confusion since citizens don't know what is going to happen with an election only 90 days off!
8. Incumbent Election Commissioners were put in the same District
9. ELECTION CYCLE started on Jan 1, 2011; unfair to redistrict after opponents are known and after qualification date has already passed.
10. Redistricting OPTION 3 creates "split Supervisor" Precincts where residents from two Supervisor districts will be voting. Since the Election Commissioners have the same districts as the Supervisors, there will be no clear responsibility chain for these precincts. i.e. which of the Elected Election Commissioners will be responsible for hiring poll workers, taking care of polling place issues, etc. This is a nightmare scenario and has never occurred in Madison County.
11. No request to DoJ for redistricting of Constables and Election Commissioners.
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- BACKGROUND and how we got to where we are on REDISTRICTING? Be informed, Be aware, Be Engaged. Madison County Board of Supervisors appeal in Federal Court to have March 1 Qualification Date moved to June 1 to allow time for redistricting.
Officials promise openness in redistricting
Supervisors decide to redistrict before 2011 county elections
County may redistrict before election
Residents 'don't trust' supervisors
EDITORIAL/We don't trust the supervisors either
Candidates watchdog redistricting
EDITORIAL/Madison County redistricting a farce
Madison County joins nine other counties in suit to extend qualifying
- LANDFILL - DEQ is still conducting technical review of the permit application for the proposed NCL landfill. This is the 3rd municipal solid waste landfill in Madison County. There are currently only 18 in the entire State. It seems that DEQ is having a difficult time determining why there is a "need" for this landfill. Additionally, the Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality "recommended" a 500' setback from all property lines when they approved the Madison County Solid Waste Management plan. This approval was affirmed by the Mississippi Supreme Court, April 11, 2011. I predict this setback distance will be a show stopper for the proposed landfill.
