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Idaho's six citizen redistricting commissioners have been working straight through since 9 this morning, either in small working groups or as a full commission; they worked through lunch, while reviewing all seven of the plans that already have been submitted to the commission that have the minimum number of county splits - five. (The way the Idaho Supreme Court counted it, it's seven - five with external splits, and two, Ada and Kootenai, that must have internal splits due to their population, without any district lines crossing their borders.) The five that mathematically must be split are Bonner, Canyon, Twin, Bonneville and Bannock/Betsy Russell, Eye On Boise. More here.Q
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ShoshoneConservative on January 26 at 3:47 p.m.
They should just get it over and done with. The Court’s decision sharply limited their discretion, and takes the vast majority of the now 91 plans submitted off the table. There’s only so many ways they can split no more than 5 counties. Kootenai is split 3 ways, much like it is now, but with the two reservation precincts. Benewah is going to be put onto Latah. Lewis is going to be put onto Nez Perce. The only question is whether they split Bonner County east and west or north and south (north and south would be better - Blanchard’s a lot closer than the Boundary County line), and squabbling down south.
And replacing two commissioners, even if it succeeded, wouldn’t make much difference anyway. (1) Olsen’s still there for that fourth vote; and (2) there are only so many ways they can do it splitting only 5 counties.