You can create composite districts on this page. (To create GIS or district sets, link to “GIS Districts” or “District Sets” from the home admin page.)

Creating Composite Districts

• Using the drop downs, select the districts you wish to combine.
• Click edit by your new “composite district” to edit its name.
• Assign the new composite district under its race’s “edit/manage race” page.

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GIS Districts

N.B. Before beginning any advanced districting activity, please contact e.thePeople for assistance. While we can offer basic assistance for GIS files, if the file is corrupt or contains errors, you must contact the data source. The upload works ONLY if the GIS data files are accurate and error-free.

Your guide comes with all federal, state legislature and county district lines already included. If you are covering races in additional districts (towns, city council districts, school board districts, etc.), you can set those districts in your guide in one of two ways:

GIS: If your local board of elections has GIS (mapping) files available, we recommend you upload those into your guide to provide your readers the easiest user experience.

District Sets and Composite Districts: If GIS files are not available, you can identify users’ districts using District Sets and Composite Districts. If a district falls within congressional, state or county district lines, you will create a “district set.” If there are districts that fall across congressional, state or county district lines, you will need to create a “composite district.”

You can create GIS districts on this page. (To create district sets or composite districts, link to “District Sets” or “Composite Districts” from the home admin page.)

Creating GIS Districts

• Your first step is to acquire the GIS files from your local board of elections. For each GIS, there will be three files – an .SHP, a .DBF, and a .PRJ file.
• From your home admin page, click on “GIS Districts.” From there upload the three relevant files and click “continue.”
• Once your GIS districts are created they will appear as a choice in the “Define Voting District” drop down for each race.
  

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Zip Code Districts

N.B. Before beginning any advanced districting activity, please contact e.thePeople for assistance.

About Zip Code Districts
Creating Zip Code Districts

About Zip Code Districts
Before using any Advanced Districting features, please contact ethepeople, and be ready to describe how the district exists in the real world i.e., it contains the boroughs of  Manhattan and Brooklyn.  While the first choice for advance districting is always GIS, sometimes the data is not available.  One of your options is to use zip codes to create a district.  The only drawback is that you will be responsible for making sure that the zip code district you are using matches the actual district designation, i.e., that the zip code district contains all of the areas you do want and none of the areas you do not want.

Creating Zip Code Districts
Before creating districts, make sure you have an accurate list of zip codes and the appropriate town/village/city.  Some areas will have multiple zip codes. Select Zip Code Districts on the navbar, then click the create button.  In the Name field, assign a name to your District that will be recognized by your users, such as Rivendell Town Council.  In the Ranges field, enter all zip codes in your district, separated by a comma, i.e., 10017, 10018, 10019 or you can enter a range of zip codes, low to high, separated by a hyphen, i.e., 10017-10019, then click Save.

Once you have created the zip code district, you will be able to select the district from the appropriate districting drop-down list.
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