(A) The City of Charlotte shall be divided into two wards, from each of which a member of the City Council shall be nominated and elected.
(B) Each ward shall have the same boundaries as the current councilman districts. Within 120 days of the effective date of this amendment, the City Council shall revise the boundaries of the wards using the figures from the 2000 census.
(C) The City Council shall revise the boundaries of the wards within 120 days after the figures from the Federal decennial census become available. New ward boundaries created within 120 days of a City general election shall become effective after the general election.
(D) The City Council shall, to the greatest extent possible, establish wards that are compact, contiguous and of equal population.
(Amended by electors 11-2-2004)
Statutory reference:
Election precincts, see M.C.L.A. §§ 168.654 et seq.;
Mandatory that Charter provide for one or more wards, see M.C.L.A. § 117.3(e)