SC: North Charleston's new city council district map at play in Nov. 7 election
NORTH CHARLESTON — All 10 city council seats are up for reelection Nov. 7, but residents may be voting in a different district than before due to the city’s new district map determined by the 2020 census.
The goal of the map approved by city council April 13 is to address population growth and maintain a similar voting base, said Julie Johnson, special assistant to Mayor Keith Summey.
The most significant change to the new map is District 7, said Johnson. The former District 7 covered a sliver of land that ran along Rivers Avenue and consisted of the predominately Black Liberty Hill neighborhood, the oldest community in the city founded by freed slaves over 150 years ago.
The new district map moved District 7 to the northern part of the city in Dorchester County, creating a completely new district near Ladson Road. The former District 7 was absorbed into parts of District 6, 8 and 10. Liberty Hill is now in District 8.
“With a population shift from the southern end of the city to the northern end of the city, we needed to create an additional seat somewhere in the northern end,” said Johnson.
https://www.postandcourier.com/news/north-charlestons-new-city-council-district-map-at-play-in-nov-7-election/article_e7ee9b22-5d69-11ee-a1f7-874ba28e475d.html
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