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Surprise ready to reconfigure its 6 council districts

Redistricting begins with selection of 9-person committee

Anybody who has ever looked at a political map and thought he or she could draw better district boundaries than government officials will now have their chance.

Public input is one of the features of Surprise’s latest redrawing of its political boundaries — an exercise it undertakes by federal law every 10 years.

Even maps drawn on a paper napkin would be considered, said Douglas Johnson, president and founder of National Demographics Corporation, the consultant used to help the city redraw its maps.

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