Ada County launches challenge to Idaho's new redistricting plan
Ada County is asking the Idaho Supreme Court to toss out Idaho’s new legislative redistricting map and put redistricting commissioners back to work creating new political boundaries.
On Wednesday, Ada County filed a petition with the Idaho Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of the newly approved legislative map called L03.
The challenge was signed by all three Ada County commissioners — Rod Beck, Ryan Davidson and Kendra Kenyon — and Ada County Deputy Prosecutor Lorna K. Jorgensen. The challenge names Idaho’s bipartisan redistricting commission and Secretary of State Lawerence Denney as respondents.
Redistricting happens every 10 years, and similar processes are playing out across the country. Redistricting is the process of using new U.S. Census Bureau data to redraw Idaho’s 35 legislative districts and two congressional districts. The process is required under the U.S. Constitution and the Idaho Constitution to ensure that political representation is as equal as possible to protect the principle of ‘one person, one vote.’
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