It’s worth, however, focusing in on the common thread shared between just about every closing argument: That the Alaska Redistricting Board failed the process.
Now that the redistricting trial is over* let’s look take a look at what happened.
Talk about building the plane while flying it.
The courts face a tricky balance of haste and fairness in expedited lawsuit over election districts.
It started with a simple enough proposal: Let’s flip a coin.
The last round of redistricting lawsuits didn’t do much to answer the question of what precisely a compact, contiguous and relatively socioeconomically integrated district should look like.
The Alaska Redistricting Board will be taking six different proposals on the road ahead of its November deadline to redraw Alaska’s election district maps, but…
“As a non-partisan voter, I am committed to developing a non-partisan plan, resulting in equal voting power and fair representation for all Alaskans,” Borromeo said.