Sometime later this month, Governor Steve Sisolak is expected to call for a special session of the legislature to redraw federal and state legislative districts. But while many of those districts could change drastically, city and county districts may not change much, if at all.
Big shifts in population since the last redistricting in 2011 mean that new state and federal districts could be created, or existing districts could be consolidated.
But Churchill County Chief Deputy Clerk/Treasurer Erin Montalvo said county commission districts probably won’t change much. The Clerk/Treasurer’s office handles redistricting for the commissioner districts and the city handles the ward boundaries.
“Based on the current census data we have received, we are most likely going to recommend that the commissioner district boundaries remain the same,” Montalvo said. “There is not a great deal of population deviation between the current districts.”
Mayor Ken Tedford said the City of Fallon is currently working on possible adjustments. “They (boundary lines) will probably move a bit,” he said. “As you remember, they all have to be within 5% of each other.”
Montalvo said her office will be meeting with the city soon regarding the ward boundaries.
“We are hoping to align the precincts in the city limits (precincts 1-6) with the ward lines,” she said.
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