During the Assessment Phase of your project, you looked at several different alternatives to meet your area’s library service needs. From these, your group chose one that it felt was best. Since this alternative did not work out, you should re-examine all the alternatives considering the election results.
- If the election was extremely close, and it appears that corrective measures could change the results next time, the Working Group may decide to continue with the same alternative.
- If the districting measure was strongly opposed in one geographical area, but supported in others, the Working Group may wish to redraw the boundaries to exclude parts of the original proposal, so that a district can be created where there is support.
- Parts of the proposed district, such as an existing district library, may choose to consolidate with another district not in the original proposal.
- If the election results were overwhelmingly opposed to the district, with only small pockets of support, the Working Group may simply choose to wait until signs indicate a better likelihood of success.
Reality Check
Patience and timing are important components of the districting toolbox, for the right thing at the wrong time is the wrong thing.