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U.S. Department of Justice Page 3 September 20,2002 Council to be materially unbalanced, the City Council shall establish new boundaries for the election of District Councilpersons." (1 ) Ordinance No. 2569 of the City of La Porte, Texas, which embodies the proposed changes affecting voting is attached hereto as Exhibit "A". This is the legislative or administrative enactment or order embodying a change affecting voting, certified by an appropriate officer of the submitting authority to be a true copy. This Ordinance makes the population determination as required by the Home Rule Charter, and establishes new boundaries for the election of District Councilpersons, (2) The number and location of polling places, as well as the dates and hours for early voting, is also changed by Ordinance No. 2569. The number of polling locations for Regular voting is changed from the present six locations, to two locations, in order to reduce voter confusion and enhance the efficiency of the voting process for both the voters and city officials. Additionally, early voting dates and hours are expanded. (3) A map showing the present District boundaries, and the proposed District boundaries, is attached as Exhibit liB" hereto. (4 ) The 2000 Federal census is the census on which the Re-Districting is based. (5) The date of the final adoption of the change affecting voting was August 12, 2002. Upon pre-clearance by the Justice Department the change will be first implemented at the next regular City election of May 3, 2003, and will be generally effective May 3, 2003. (6) Identification of the authority responsible for the change and the mode of decision, is the City Council of the City of La Porte, acting by Ordinance No. 2569 (see Exhibit "A"). (7) A copy of Ordinance No. 2502, passed by City Council on August 13, 2001, and which authorizes and directs the Re-Districting Committee of the City of La Porte to reconfigure the six single-member districts according to promulgated Department of Justice regulations, and which regulations are applied as governing criteria for Re-Districting in said Ordinance No. 2502, ("Criteria Ordinance") is attached hereto as Exhibit "C". (8) A copy of the Final Report of the Re-Districting Committee, as submitted to the City of La Porte City Council on February 25, 2002, and which presents the Re- Districting Committee's recommendations for reconfiguration of the six single- member districts according to the criteria established in City of La Porte Ordinance No. 2502, is attached hereto as Exhibit "0".