Five voting precincts in Butler County have been split in two in the congressional map issued by the state Supreme Court Monday.

The Pennsylvania Department of State is expected to release more information about who lives in which district soon.

The map, called “The Remedial Plan,” was created by the court after the state Legislature and governor did not agree upon a new map to propose before last week's deadline. The court ruled in January that the congressional map in place since 2012 was gerrymandered to benefit Republicans.

In less populous municipalities, all voters go to the same polling place, while larger municipalities are split into multiple precincts, each with its own polling location.

In Cranberry Township, four of the nine voting precincts, East II, East III, West I and West II, were split between the 16th and 17th Congressional Districts, according to documents released by the court.

In the case of Cranberry Township West I, nine residents are in the new 17th District and 3,311 would remain in the 16th, which is home to Rep. Mike Kelly.

Jefferson Township, which has two voting precincts, also has a split in its second precinct, which votes at the Jefferson Grange. Jefferson's first precinct and about half of its second precinct will be in the 16th District, while about 1,400 people will be in the 15th District.

No voters will change polling places in light of the new map, Shari Brewer, director of the Butler County Bureau of Elections, said Wednesday.

Before election officials can start preparing sample ballots, county workers are waiting for more information from the Department of State, which has been working since the court's announcement to update state voter registration databases.

The department's first priority is making lists of voters available to congressional candidates, who can start circulating petitions Tuesday, said Wanda Murren, communications director for the Department of State.

After that, the department will work on a spreadsheet or interactive map that voters can use to check which congressional district they live in, Murren said.

Residents unsure of which district they live in should check votespa.com and dos.pa.gov for information.

None of the state or federal voting districts split Butler County voting precincts under the previous map, though there were other counties in Pennsylvania that had split voting precincts, Brewer said.

Brewer said she talked Tuesday with election officials in other counties, which have split precincts, who explained how it would work at polling places.

On May 15, the day of the primary election, registered Republicans and Democrats can go to their polling place and cast votes for candidates for governor, state Legislature, Senate, House of Representatives and local committees.

In the split precincts, poll workers will have to determine whether a voter is a Republican or Democrat and which congressional district they live in, Brewer said.

“This is all a learning process. The state they have the help line they will walk us through it,” Brewer said.