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Alaska Supreme Court rules against gerrymandering
https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/alaska-supreme-court-rules-against-gerrymandering
The Alaska Supreme Court Monday ruled against political gerrymandering on the grounds it violates the equal protection clause of the Alaska State Constitution. The ruling sends a legislative map back to the Alaska redistricting board to set it right.
The Alaska Federation of Natives issued a statement commending the ruling.
The case arose over the pairing of four state House districts in Anchorage into two Senate districts that critics said would reduce the voting power of a racially diverse neighborhood and add a state Senate seat for a predominantly White, heavily Republican area.
When the redistricting board voted to combine two east Anchorage neighborhoods with two districts in the nearby community of Eagle River, Alaska Redistricting Board member Nicole Borromeo, Athabascan, said the decision opened the board up to “very easily winnable argument to partisan gerrymandering.”
The Alaska Supreme Court apparently agreed with her assessment.
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The Alaska Supreme Court Monday ruled against political gerrymandering on the grounds it violates the equal protection clause of the Alaska State Constitution. The ruling sends a legislative map back to the Alaska redistricting board to set it right.
The Alaska Federation of Natives issued a statement commending the ruling.
The case arose over the pairing of four state House districts in Anchorage into two Senate districts that critics said would reduce the voting power of a racially diverse neighborhood and add a state Senate seat for a predominantly White, heavily Republican area.
When the redistricting board voted to combine two east Anchorage neighborhoods with two districts in the nearby community of Eagle River, Alaska Redistricting Board member Nicole Borromeo, Athabascan, said the decision opened the board up to “very easily winnable argument to partisan gerrymandering.”
The Alaska Supreme Court apparently agreed with her assessment.
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