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Charter review: DeKalb elections director says VTDs are technical; committee weighs age, residency and interim CEO language
Summary
During charter review the DeKalb operations committee heard that voter tabulation districts (VTDs) are technical census products better hosted by county GIS or referenced in the charter, and asked the law department to clarify state limits on candidate age/residency and to draft clearer interim-CEO/vacancy language after prior suspension experience.
Elections Director Keisha Smith told DeKalbCountyoperations committee members on March 9 that voter tabulation districts (VTDs) are primarily a technical product of the census process and need not be typed into the county charter.
"They are very similar geographically to our precincts, but may differ," Director Smith said, explaining that VTD boundaries are a state and federal snapshot produced around decennial census work and that voters typically do not consult the charter to find polling locations. She recommended leaving detailed VTD tables out of the charter and instead referencing where the data is officially housed and maintained.
Several commissioners supported keeping a reference in the charter to a department that would maintain VTD and map data, and suggested that the county GIS office could host…
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