The Alaska Supreme Court says it has affirmed a lower court ruling that the board tasked with redrawing the state’s political boundaries had engaged in unconstitutional political gerrymandering and ordered a new map be used for this year’s elections.
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Superior Court Judge Thomas Matthews previously ruled a majority of members on the Alaska Redistricting Board appeared to have adopted a map that splits the Eagle River area into two Senate districts for political reasonsThe map he ordered the board to adopt was the other option it had considered when weighing revisions in response to a prior court order.
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