Constitution first: Redistricting board is told to try again

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Editorial

Perhaps Alaskans will yet see what an election district map might look like when freed from the strictures of the federal Voting Rights Act.

That’s because Fairbanks District Court Judge Michael McConahy on Friday told the Alaska Redistricting Board to redraw its plan — again.

McConahy’s decision is not surprising, given the perfunctory nature of the board’s work in the face of an Alaska Supreme Court decision in March.

The high court said the board hadn’t followed the right process. So the board made a quick stab at doing so. McConahy was right to tell the board to try again.


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