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Waterford council directs staff to place proposed district map on November ballot after 3–2 vote
Summary
After a fifth and final public hearing, the Waterford City Council voted 3–2 to direct staff to prepare a November ballot measure that would ask voters to adopt district-based elections using the council’s chosen green map; legal counsel warned taking the map to voters can affect 'Safe Harbor' protections under state election law.
Mayor Goguen moved and the council voted 3–2 to direct city staff to prepare a November ballot measure that would let voters decide whether Waterford should shift from at-large elections to district-based elections using the council’s selected “green” map.
The action followed a presentation by Dr. Johnson, president of the National Demographic Corporation (NDC), who summarized the public mapping process and the legal standards applied, and a short public comment period. Dr. Johnson told the council the purple map had been eliminated earlier in the process and that both remaining maps complied with federal equal-population…
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