The BCA s role is to provide guidance to the LAB and eventually the Legislature on how to subdivide a town or city into House districts containing House seats, either within a single municipality or among several towns and cities. Ideally this should be done without partisan rancor or self-interest, keeping in mind the constitutional and statutory standards the law requires us to follow. Remember too that even a small change in a district in the most remote corner of the state will inevitably have an impact on the whole of Vermont. Before June 1, the LAB will send a copy of the tentative proposal to the BCA of the each town and city. The packet will include a map of the tentative representative districts and information on the population of each town, with an explanation of what is proposed and how to review it.
Initial districts constitute the first cut in the map.
In the 1991 reapportionment process, there were 75 initial districts, the majority of them having one or two House seats. Only 14 of the initial districts had more than two seats. The role of the BCA is to approve or disapprove the initial districts. If you disapprove the proposal, then we ask that you take the time to explain why and if possible propose something else, keeping in mind that the apportionment process has to consider the needs of the state as a whole, not just individual areas or towns. The BCA Meeting.