USgeocoder announces its new Congressional District and State Legislative district data, used in its USgeocoder API are available to the public for purchase and download. These files provide the new district boundaries for use in the November 2024 elections. These same files will be central to updating lobbying and grassroots member connections to their elected representatives beginning January 2025. These files are in Shapefile format for use in any geographic information system such as PostgreSQL with PostGIS extension, ArcGIS products, QGIS, Mapserver programs Openlayers and Buxton platforms.
Members of the public can see if the Congressional districts and State Legislative districts they’ll be voting for in 2024 elections have changed by using USgeocoder’s Live Demo. The Live Demo is free to use and will show you if your State Senate, State House of Representatives (in some states the “General Assembly”) district number or Congressional District number has changed. If so, you may need to familiarize yourself with candidates you’ve yet to have heard of. It may also explain why some candidates seem unfamiliar to you or why your current representative does not appear to be running in your new district. All you’ll need is your street address and zip code. You won’t need your city or state in the data you enter. Also, you don’t need to enter your name, so your query is completely confidential and anonymous.
Get out the Vote personnel for 2024 elections should be sure their files match the Congressional District and State Legislative district data provided by USgeocoder. This USgeocoder blog article “New Redistricted Congressional and State Legislative Districts for 2024 Elections New Live on USgeocoder.com” contains test addresses you can use in USgeocoder Live Demo to see how district numbers have changed. If your files don’t show the new results for those addresses, your file are Out of DATE and should Not be used for getting out the vote. You’ll get voters ready to vote in wrong districts!
Likewise, campaigns raising for money for 2024 elections should be sure their target populations are in the districts in which their candidates are running if they want to maximize donations. You can click on the same USgeocoder Blog article “New Redistricted Congressional and State Legislative Districts for 2024 Elections New Live on USgeocoder.com” to check the accuracy of your files.
Also, the same blog article contains a list of states and districts where changed districts exist for 2024 elections.
Best of luck to you all trying to get your messages noticed in the upcoming elections. If you have questions, need help, or want to update your files, call USgeocoder at 1-888-938-6732, fill out this form to send your inquiry online, or start a live chat by clicking on the Live Chat button on the bottom right of USgeocoder.com‘s main website.