S455 Summary

• Redraws North Carolina's 50 state senate districts based on 2010 Census data, effective for elections on or after January 1, 2012.

• Establishes specific county and voting tabulation district (VTD) assignments for each district, with detailed block-level specifications for districts requiring splits across counties.

• Uses 2010 Census Redistricting TIGER/Line Shapefiles as the official reference for district boundaries and geographic specifications.

• Includes provisions for unassigned areas: assigns to single surrounding district if entirely enclosed, to least-populated adjacent district if contiguous to multiple districts, or to adjacent district if bordering only one district and a state/ocean boundary.

• Ratified July 27, 2011 by President of the Senate Walter H. Dalton and Speaker of the House Thom Tillis.