Salisbury is moving toward drawing up five separate districts for its city council from the two districts it now has.
Council President Jake Day along with council Vice President Laura Mitchell and council member Shanie Shields voted to put the plan on the August 11th meeting agenda.
Supporters of the plan say they want the system in place for the September 9th primary next year.
But objections came from to other council members.
The Salisbury Daily Times reports that council member Tim Spies said it would give too much electoral power to students at Salisbury University.
Spies and fellow council member Terry Cohen had authored a previous plan that would have increased the number of representatives from the traditional African American district to two.
It would have then reduced District 2’s representation from four to three.
The plan must still go the federal court to get approval.
