shapefile for election precincts in March 2024 election

Forest Gregg filed this request with the Chicago Board of Elections of Chicago, IL.

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Submitted March 20, 2024
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From: Forest Gregg

Subject: Illinois Freedom of Information Act. Request: shapefile for election precincts in March 2024 election

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To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act., I hereby request the following records:

a GIS shapefile of the electoral precincts as they defined for the March, 2024 election

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 5 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Forest Gregg

From: Chicago Board of Elections

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Good afternoon, Mr Gregg,
For your (and others') convenience, the Board has already uploaded our current precincts' shapefile to the "Chicago Data Portal" (https://data.cityofchicago.org/ ). Since they carry a number of such files, one fairly easy way to find the file - using their search bar - is to
1. search for "precincts", then
2. scroll through the resulting list to "Boundaries - Ward Precincts (2023- )"
You'll probably find two entries, a "Map" view which will show you precincts, and another "DataSet" version with a slightly more direct button to the download - although you can reach the same dataset via the map view as well.
This precinct map, with 1291 precincts, covers not only this election but the two Municipal Elections (Feb General and April Runoff) in 2023. In fact, it's nearly the same for the Nov 2022 General (which had 1290 precincts - the first election which we administered using the "2022 Wards", derived and approved from the 2020 Census ReDistricting). Between Nov 2022 and Feb 2023, one precinct - Ward 24 pct 16 - was split in two, subsequently becoming precincts 16 and 20. Merge Wd 24, pcts 16 & 20 in this file, and it should describe the Nov 2022 results as well . Previous elections (including the 2022 spring Primary ) used the Wards (and precincts) from the prior Census' redistricting.

We also have a number of Ward & Precinct maps, Legislative District maps, Lists of precincts within Legislative Districts, along with election results, etc, via our website "chicagoelections.gov", Currently the March 19 primary results are still being counted, due to obligatory waiting periods for mail ballots, provisional ballots, etc.

I hope this answers your question.

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