Following a nearly two-week planned break, Idaho’s bipartisan redistricting commission returns to the Statehouse in Boise this week to get back to work on redrawing the state’s political boundaries.
The six commissioners meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday and have meetings planned for Thursday and Friday as well.
The Idaho Press reports, commissioners proposed rough drafts of working maps in September before embarking on a tour of public hearings across the state.
Commissions haven’t proposed any new maps since the three originals came out Sept. 10, but they hope to have a productive week and release new maps this week.
Redistricting takes place every 10 years and is the process of using new census data to redraw Idaho’s two congressional districts and 35 legislative districts. The process is required under the U.S. Constitution and the Idaho Constitution to assure political representation is as equal as possible.
