FREDS 2000 Update

January 31, 2002

The Florida Legislature distributed copies of the Florida Redistricting system (FREDS 2000) to members and the public on September 27. Since then, legislative staff has made several important enhancements to the program. The operations for building district geography are improved, a superior method for assigning precinct data to census blocks is employed, and the population of one block in Franklin County and one block in Gulf County are updated to reflect official corrections issued by the U.S. Census Bureau. Otherwise, Census population counts and precinct level data are unchanged.

• FredsSP1.EXE (5 Mb) updates program files.
  
  
• StatsSP1.EXE (239 Mb) updates the database used by FREDS 2000 for generating district statistics.

Once the updates are installed, you can import existing plans stored on your computer. This will regenerate district geography and statistics and may cause slight shifts in voter registration and election statistics for some districts.

After updating your copy of FREDS 2000, you will be able to directly access House and Senate redistricting plans posted to Online Sunshine. If you choose not to run the StatsSP1.EXE update on your computer, you will need to "Import" rather than "Open" these FREDS 2000 plans.

The practical effect of the program enhancements is small, but nevertheless we wanted to make the updates available to all who are using FREDS. If it is not practical for you to download the FREDS 2000 Service Pack from the web, please email the FREDS 2000 Support Team at freds2000@leg.state.fl.us  to request a copy on CD.