FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE     Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2011    Contact: Brad Turner, Communications Specialist, 303-413-7766

 Boulder County Precinct Boundary Changes Approved

Boulder County, Colo. – The Board of County Commissioners this morning voted 2-0 to approve updates to the county’s precinct lines and political district maps. 

Boulder County’s Elections Division and Clerk & Recorder Hillary Hall developed the new map to reflect redistricting decisions made at the state level in 2011. The updates take into account new boundaries for the county’s U.S. House, Colorado Senate and Colorado House representative districts.

The new precinct map will be used for the 2012 election cycle.

As part of the update, the Elections Division staff also introduced a new numbering system that labels precincts geographically. They’re separated into nine categories by municipality or region to make precinct data easier to sort. For example, all Boulder precincts are numbered in the 800s while Longmont’s are in the 600s.

A copy of this morning’s presentation by Boulder County Clerk & Recorder Hillary Hall, which includes details about the new numbering system, is available atwww.BoulderCountyVotes.org.