The Gloucester Board of Supervisors will begin the task of redrawing the county’s voting districts next week.

A redistricting plan, the recommendation of a 15-member citizen committee, will be presented to supervisors during Tuesday’s meeting, which begins at 7 p.m. in the colonial courthouse.

Lines are being redrawn to reflect the shift in population between the 2000 and 2010 censuses. The committee has worked over the past two months to redraw county magisterial districts to ensure equal representation.

The goal is to reapportion the population so that each district representative on the county and school boards represent approximately the same number of residents. One consideration during the redistricting process is that the residences of incumbent supervisors and school board members cannot be displaced from their current magisterial districts.

Since the last redistricting 10 years ago, the county has grown in population by just over 2,000 people. "We di...