County officials begin work on new city voting wards

La PORTE The county is taking preliminary action in redistricting the voter ward lines to match the same criteria of the new precincts created for La Porte and Michigan City.

The new voter precincts will need to be completed in review for the Indiana blank by August. The new precincts will not be in effect until 2015 and will not impact this years fall election.

On Thursday morning, at the La Porte County Courthouse, county officials held their first public meeting to discuss the new ward lines. La Porte County Clerk Lynne Spevak lead the conversation, and county officials were in attendance.

The first meeting covered the Michigan City ward lines in a general overview of new deletions and additions within each precinct. Spevak said since there are so many areas to cover, the meetings will focus on Michigan City and then they will review La Porte.

This is a preliminary meeting, Spevak said. Once we pull streets we will be able to get a better idea.

The first ward in Michigan City will add the residential area within the perimeter of Vail Street, Springland Avenue, Carroll Avenue, Holliday Street, Ridgeland Avenue and Michigan Boulevard, back to Vail Street.

The second ward in Michigan City will eliminate the homes between 10th Street, Ohio Street, Ripley Street and Tennessee Street. This section will be in the third ward.

Michigan Citys third ward will include the small section formerly in the second ward and a section between Earl Road, Hitchcock Street and U.S. 20.

The fourth ward in Michigan City will add more portions within Hitchcock Street, Earl Road, Ohio Street and U.S. Highway 20.

The Edgewood area will be moved out of the fourth ward and moved to the fifth ward. This areas street perimeters are Franklin Street, Coolspring Avenue, Cleveland Avenue and Barker Road.

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