What district am I in?

Legislative districts for the state of Connecticut have been reconfigured, and the new shape will have an impact on voters in some towns in this area in the 2012 state election.The new districts go into effect Jan. 9, 2013. Voters who participate in the election for state and federal offices on Nov. 6 will be electing their representatives in the new configuration.For voters in the six towns of the Region One School District, the only change is in voting for House of Representatives.North Canaan and Canaan (town of Falls Village) have been in the 63rd District, and Kent has been in the 108th District. Salisbury, Sharon and Cornwall are in the 64th District. Starting next year, North Canaan, Canaan and Kent will be in the 64th District along with Salisbury, Sharon and Cornwall.Residents of Kent, therefore, are still in the 108th District until Jan. 9; but in next month’s election, they will vote for their representative in the 64th District. The full list of changes that apply to the Northwest Corner:In the state House of Representatives, until Jan. 9, the towns of Salisbury, Sharon, Cornwall, Goshen and parts of Torrington are included in the 64th District.The towns of North Canaan and Canaan (Falls Village) are in the 63rd District (for now), along with parts of Barkhamsted and all of Colebrook, Hartland, Norfolk and Winchester.Kent is (for now) included in the 108th District, along with Sherman and parts of New Fairfield and New Milford.Starting on Jan. 9, 2013, the 64th District will include Salisbury, Sharon, Cornwall, North Canaan, Canaan (Falls Village) and Kent as well as Norfolk and parts of Goshen and parts of Torrington.In the state Senate, until Jan. 9, the towns of North Canaan, Salisbury, Sharon, Canaan (Falls Village), Cornwall and Kent as well as Brookfield, Goshen, Litchfield, Morris, New Milford, parts of Torrington, Warren, Washington and Winchester are in the 30th District. After Jan. 9, the 30th District will include North Canaan, Salisbury, Sharon, Canaan (Falls Village), Cornwall and Kent as well as Warren, New Milford, Goshen, Brookfield, Litchfield, Morris, Winchester and parts of Torrington. In the U.S. Congress, the towns of Canaan (Falls Village), North Canaan, Cornwall, Salisbury, Sharon and Kent are in the 5th District, along with Avon, Bethel, Bethlehem, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Burlington, Canton, Cheshire, Danbury, Farmington, Goshen, Harwinton, Litchfield, Meriden, Middlebury, Morris, New Britain, New Fairfield, New Milford, Newtown, Norfolk, Plainville, Plymouth, Roxbury, Sherman, Simsbury, Southbury, Thomaston, parts of Torrington, Warren, Washington, parts ofWaterbury, Watertown, Wolcott and Woodbury.

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