The Alaska Supreme Court affirmed a lower court ruling that the board tasked with redrawing the state’s political boundaries had “again engaged in unconstitutional political gerrymandering” and ordered a new map be used for this year’s elections.
Alaska Redistricting Board member Nicole Borromeo raises a concern to members of the board as they work to finalize Anchorage legislative district boundaries before it goes to public testimony and a board vote during their meeting in Anchorage on Nov. 5, 2021.
The map that Matthews ordered the board to adopt in part pairs the Eagle River area House districts into a Senate district. It was the other option the board had considered when it was weighing revisions in response to a prior order by the state Supreme Court.Tuesday’scame just ahead of the June 1 filing deadline for the August primaries and followed a second round of challenges to the board’s work.
The five-member board then returned to work. The revised plan it adopted in a 3-2 vote last month prompted challenges that focused on the board’s decision to link part of the Eagle River area with south Anchorage and Girdwood for a Senate district and another part of the Eagle River area to an area that includes a military base for another Senate district.
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