Nearly 13,000

residents will be moved out of the commission and school board District

4 if Coweta achieves numerical parity in its redistricting.

County Administrator

Theron Gay said the county will look at its redistricting proposals later

this summer after it completes work on expansion of the water system.

Redistricting

occurs after the Census Bureau supplies the county population numbers

in each district. Gay received the numbers late last month and said the

optimum number for each district is 17,825.

But to achieve

that the county's fasting growing district around Thomas Crossroads, represented

other districts.

The smallest

district is District 5, represented by Commissioner Robert Wood, which

has only 10,462 residents.

Commissioner

Vernon "Mutt" Hunter will also lose voters since his 1st District

also grew significantly and has 19,397 voters.

Commissioner

Jim McGuffey's District 2 has 13,950 voters and Commissioner Lawrence

Nelms' District 3 has 14,960 voters. Both districts should receive more

voters when the redistricting is complete.

Gay said all

new districts would have to be approved by the U.S. Justice Department.