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<br /> <br /> <br /> wards, and any incidental modification of existing, consolidated, or newly created election wards <br /> necessary to accomplish such redistricting. <br /> <br /> 4. The City Council shall henceforth convene in open meetings, duly posted in accordance with the <br /> Texas Open Meetings Act, to take up and consider one or more alternative plans for the legal <br /> <br /> redistricting of the City of Paris. <br /> 5. After due consideration of one or more alternative plans, the City of Paris shall adopt a plan <br /> <br /> deemed to satisfy legal requirements, and which best suits the legitimate governmental needs of <br /> the City of Paris. <br /> <br /> 6. Such plan shall, after adoption, be submitted to the United States Department of Justice for <br /> review as required by 42 U.S.C. §1973, otherwise known as the Voting Rights Act. <br /> <br /> 7. Only upon preclearance shall such plan, or a plan subsequently modified to obtain preclearance, <br /> be implemented for elections in the year 2012 and thereafter, or until a suitable substitute has <br /> <br /> been lawfully adopted. <br /> <br /> <br /> Signed this 9th day of June, 2011. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Joe McCarthy, Mayor Pro Tem <br /> <br /> <br /> ATTEST: <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Janice Ellis, City Clerk <br /> <br /> <br /> APPROVED AS TO FORM: <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> W. Kent Mellyar, City Attorney <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Order for Redistricting <br />