Alaska Redistricting Board unanimously approves court-ordered fix for 2022 election map
Off to the June 1 candidate filing deadline.
May 2022
Alaska Supreme Court strikes down GOP-friendly gerrymander, orders new map for 2022
The Alaska Supreme Court didn’t need to hear oral arguments in the Alaska Redistricting Board’s second appearance before them to find the board “again engaged in unconstitutional political gerrymandering to increase one group’s voting power at the expense of others.”
Redistricting isn’t just political anymore, it’s personal
The party-line votes weren’t at all surprising, but what was surprising was the amount of dirty laundry that members Borromeo and Bahnke aired against their conservative colleagues.
Dunleavy finally announces his running mate: Nancy Dahlstrom
Dahlstrom is generally viewed as one of the more competent Republican officials in Dunleavy’s orbit and should have some centrist appeal.
Alaska Redistricting Board appeals loss to Supreme Court, member says it’s ‘not legitimate’
Borromeo takes aim at the board’s Litigation Committee and board counsel Matt Singer, arguing they were only supposed to handle day-to-day business and were “not intended to usurp the board’s governance powers.”
$3,850 payout—split between PFD and energy rebate—emerges from budget negotiations
The budget links $650 of the payment to a critical vote that has been impossible to secure in recent years: accessing the constitutional budget reserve.
Judge strikes down Redistricting Board’s do-over as do-over of unconstitutional gerrymander
The ruling came down to the board’s decision to treat the JBER/Eagle River Senate district as sacrosanct simply because they believed both were conservative.
Court hears latest challenge over Alaska Redistricting that accuses board’s conservatives of repeating gerrymander
“The new question for the court to answer is does remand cure a gerrymander?” asked Eva Gardner, the attorney for the Girdwood plaintiffs. “Could a board launder its illegitimate business through the courts? The answer has to be no.”
Alaska Redistricting Board’s conservatives were just as partisan as the first time, challengers say
Girdwood plaintiffs: ‘These board members do not deserve the benefit of the doubt’
Senate Democrats pledge drag-out fight over anti-trans athlete bill
The “several dozen” amendments promised by the Senate Democrats will delay passage of the legislation by hours, if not days, as the session nears its deadline.