ORDER ~dO. E39'r;~ APPROVAL TO CHANGE 'f HE PRESENT POUNDARIES BETWEEN RRECINCT 4k36 AiVD i07 On this the c8th day of April Commissioner- t7ehlerr seconded Co~srt unaniaously approved by present baur~daries between F'r to the precinct lines as they that qualified residents that Hazelett-Dale, T~_~rltey Hollow, th+e end of Upper Turtle Creek including, but not iiinited to h1ARY RUTH ROAD Donald Cabaniss Norma Cabaniss James Harvey Allison Kaiser Brett Kaiser Violet Kissman i+1ar•y Lesal< FiKES PEAK ROAD Rhonda Sue Boner J~.+anita t~fcG~_+ff Dennis James Smith Parhar-a Ann Smith Rebecca Smith HAiELETT-DALE ROAD i957r upon motion made by by Con~missianer Baldwin, the a vote of 4-0-0, to change the zcinct 406 and i@7 to revert Gack were before redis~trictir~g so live an Mary R~_+t h, Pikes F'eak, Teag~_ie Raad=_~ ar~d extending to Road will be in F°recinct f.~? the following persons: 4~n2 Mary Ruth 4Oc htary Ruth 311 Mary Ruth 398 Mary Ruth 398 Mary Ruth 314-C t4ar y Ruth 314 Mary R~.+th ~8i F'ikes Reak 261 F'ikes F'eak X85 Pikes Peak c85 Pikes Peak c85 Pikes Peak Timothy Edward Prown ~CC~t~lazeiett-Dale Larry Creech 315 Hazelett-Dale Debra 'r:ay George 2~1 Hazelett--iJale Harold Dale Shultz i~i~~ Hazelett-Dale TURKEY HOLLOW ROAD Clifton Tenberg Gertrud Tenberg TEAGUE ROI+D Diane C. Gonzales Jack Keei S~_+san Keel Cathy Ann Meyers Richard hleyers Robbi Gaii F'awier i01 Turkey Hollow lOi Turkey Hollow 3i8 Teague Road 3f3-C Teag~.+e Road 313-C Teag~.+e Road 316-(: Teay~.+e Road 3i6-C Teague Road 319-D Teague Road April 28, 1997 To: Kerr County Judge Robert Denson Kerr County Commissioner Buster Baldwin, Precinct 1 Kerr County Commissioner T. H. Lackey, Precinct 2 Kerr County Commissioner Jonathan Letz, Precinct 3 Kerr County Commissioner Bruce Oehler, Precinct 4 From: Sharon Bartling and Fred Holland, Voter Participation, Kerrville Area League of Women Voters We come before you requesting that you correct a voting injustice created in 1991 when the boundary line of Commissioner Precinct 4 was moved across unpopulated range land to encircle a populated community in Commissioner Precinct 1. Voters living in the Upper Turtle Creek community on Mary Ruth, Pikes Peak, Hazelett-Dale, Turkey Hollow, and Teague roads who previously voted in Precinct 107 are now in 406 and must travel up to thirty miles to the polling place for Precinct 406, the Point Theatre at Ingram. They have no outlet on the west to Ingram and must drive east to South #16. They drive past the schoolhouse that is the 107 polling place. The Leaque of Women Voters--Kerrville Area this past year has engaged in a study called Making Democracy Work, assessing certain aspects of Kerr County, such as diversity of representation, civic participation, civic knowledge, and voter participation. Mr. Fred Holland, a former County Commissioner for Precinct 1, and I worked on Voter Participation. We were to identify any obstacles that deterred Kerr County citizens from voting. We became aware of this problem which was created in 1991 when Allison and Associates, hired by this Court and paid $13,500, used a computer for the first time to draw the political boundaries. The two guiding factors then were numerical balance among the four commissioner precincts and minority concentration in one precinct, Precinct 3. Topography was ignored. Convenience was ignored. Community was ignored. It is true that these people can vote at the Municipal Auditorium during the Early Voting period. But that means a loss of their identification with neighbors and community. They become just numbers and names on the roster. And of more importance, they must vote for candidates for commissioner, constable, and justice of the peace whom they do not know as neighbors or nearby residents. If they need the services of one of these elected officials, they must turn to strangers, not to members of their community. It is true that in the year 2000 a census will be taken and in 2001 an adjustment of political boundaries will be made, an adjustment that presumably will correct this problem. We ask you not to wait until 2001 to correct a problem that should have been _~aua'r_t alld c•.rrectc_~t in ' 99; . We ask you to restore !:he la9v" .~:,ur:_- t='eak ~.8`i F'ikes F'eak c85 Pikes Peak c:3:, Ha-~elett-Dale 31 Hazel.ett-llale c::?J. Hazelett-~Dal.e 100 Ha