Idaho Redistricters Miss Deadline

The hour has arrived, and Idaho’s bipartisan citizen redistricting commission has missed its deadline to come up with new legislative and congressional district maps, forcing the issue into the courts. Idaho Secretary of State Ben Ysursa said he’s ready to sue first thing Wednesday morning, filing a writ of mandamus with the Idaho Supreme Court. “Papers are prepared,” he said. You can read my full story here at spokesman.com. Without new legislative and congressional district lines, Idaho has lines from 10 years ago that don’t reflect the big population shifts since then - and therefore don’t comply with the U.S. Constitution’s one-person, one-vote rule. That means the state’s current districts are unconstitutional; Ysursa said he expects the court to order the commission back to work/ Betsy Russell , Eye On Boise. More here.