City Of Mobile: Mayor Stimpson Delivers Redistricting Plan To Mobile City Council

Press release from the City of Mobile:

Feb 10th, 2022

- February 10, 2022 - 

For Immediate Release:  

Mobile, Alabama — This morning Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson delivered a final draft of his proposed redistricting plan to the Mobile City Council. To make the February 12 deadline, the proposal was submitted as an ordinance for the council to consider at its upcoming meeting on February 15. The Zoghby Act requires a council cosponsor, and Council President C.J. Small has agreed to co-sponsor the ordinance outlining Mayor Stimpson’s proposed redistricting plan. 

By the law, the council now has six months to make any change it deems fit to the district lines as submitted. Any proposed change to the district lines will require a supermajority vote of five of seven council members to be adopted.  

Please see the statement from Mayor Stimpson below:

“Setting electoral districts cuts at the heart of democracy, which is why we began this process with the commitment to provide unprecedented transparency and achieve fair representation. To accomplish this goal, we gave Mobilians many opportunities to participate in the redistricting process. We listened and the map submitted today is the product of input and suggestions from the community as well as all seven council members. In this process, we have proven that in the City of Mobile, we are still able to listen to each other, respect each other, and compromise to do what is right for the entire community.”  
 
Click here to view documents sent to council members.

Click here to view the redistricting map sent to council members.

Click here to view the redistricting data chart sent to council members.

This press release was produced by the City of Mobile. The views expressed here are the author’s own.