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"Total deviation" means the overall range used to measure the population equality of a plan; the <br /> difference between the council district with the most negative percentage deviation and the <br /> council district with the most positive percentage deviation. <br /> "United States census year" means those years ending in the numeral zero such as 2010, 2020, <br /> etc." <br /> "Vote dilution" means the limitation of the effectiveness of a particular group's vote by political <br /> gerrymandering. <br /> Article 2. Training. <br /> Section_ Training. <br /> Commissioners shall be trained in redistricting law and the code of ethics by the office of <br /> the corporation counsel or its designated agent, and may be provided any other training by <br /> appropriate personnel to enable the commission to be efficient and educated on this topic. <br /> Article 3. Redistricting Criteria. <br /> Section Established Criteria. <br /> The commission shall adhere to the criteria in establishing boundaries of the council <br /> districts set forth in section 3-17, subsection(g) of the Charter. <br /> Section Additional Criteria. <br /> In addition to the established criteria, the commission shall also adhere to the following <br /> criteria in establishing boundaries of the council districts: <br /> (1) Council districts shall have approximately equal, permanent, resident populations, as <br /> required by applicable constitutional provisions to prevent vote dilution to the maximum <br /> degree practicable. <br /> (2) Nonresident military personnel, nonresident military dependents, nonresident students, <br /> and foreign nationals or aliens shall be excluded from the permanent, resident population <br /> base used to calculate each proposed council district's population and its deviations from <br /> an ideal council district's population, if practicable. <br /> (3) An ideal council district's population number shall be used to determine by what <br /> percentage each council district's population deviates from the population of an ideal <br /> council district. <br /> (4) The number of council districts to which a region is entitled shall be determined by <br /> adding together the permanent resident population according to the United States census <br /> for the applicable United States census year within each region and dividing that number <br /> by an ideal council district's population. <br /> 3 <br />