Edina Eliminates 4 Precincts After 2022 Redistricting Process

EDINA, MN — Edina officials recently approved a slew of changes to the city’s voting precincts after Minnesota’s 2022 redistricting process altered congressional district borders in the area.

The number of voting precincts in Edina will drop from 20 to 16, with the changes to take effect for the Aug. 9 primary. Precinct names will no longer include letters and will run from 1-16 after the changes approved last month by the Edina City Council.

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Reducing the number of polling places will allow the city to administer elections with fewer election judges and less equipment and supplies, officials said.

Some polling places that were eliminated were “too small (and) too hot in August” or didn’t have the right layout for voting, City Clerk Sharon Allison wrote in a memo to the Edina City Council.

Most of Edina is set to remain in Minnesota's Third Congressional District, with the northeastern portion of the city again included in the Fifth District. But the line between the two has moved, shifting some residents into a new district.

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Those who live in the southern half of Edina's Concord neighborhood appear to be the only Edina residents affected by the new congressional maps released by the Minnesota Special Redistricting Panel.

Residents who live south of Valley View Road and north of MN-62 will move from Minnesota's Fifth District to the Third District, represented by Democratic U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips.

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The Minnesota Special Redistricting Panel said it moved more of Edina and all of Hopkins into the Third District to help balance population among the state's eight congressional districts.

The panel’s new maps also moved Edina into state House Districts 46B and 50A, instead of 49A and 49B.

Edina Polling Places by Precinct

• Precinct 1 — Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church
• Precinct 2 — Highlands Elementary
• Precinct 3 — Countryside Elementary
• Precinct 4 — Good Samaritan United Methodist Church
• Precinct 5 — Normandale Lutheran Church
• Precinct 6 — Edina Morningside Community Church
• Precinct 7 — South View Middle School
• Precinct 8 — Concord Elementary
• Precinct 9 — Pamela Park
• Precinct 10 — St. Alban's Episcopal Church
• Precinct 11 — Calvary Lutheran Church
• Precinct 12 — Church of St. Patrick
• Precinct 13 — Centennial Lakes
• Precinct 14 — Edinborough Park
• Precinct 15 — Southdale Library
• Precinct 16 — Cornelia Elementary