§ 1173 District Formation Petition

• •Petition must be filed with the county clerk.
• •Signers have to be registered voters who live in the area they want to become a district.
• •You need signatures from at least 8% of the people who voted for governor last time; if the area includes both city and non‑city land, each part must meet that 8% separately.

In County X, 12,000 people voted for governor in the last election. A group of residents wants a new district that includes part of the city and a nearby rural area. They gather 960 signatures from city voters and 960 signatures from rural voters (each 8% of the 12,000 votes in their part) and file the petition with the county clerk.

Because they got the required 8% of voters from each area, the clerk can start the process to form the new district.