Months of delays in receiving new Census data due to the coronavirus pandemic has left Idaho’s newly convened citizen redistricting commission with a cramped timeline, but commissioners wrapped up their first meeting Wednesday optimistic that they’ll meet the challenge.
The two co-chairs said the commission will need to wrap up its work quickly enough to allow its proposed new congressional and legislative district plans to be reviewed by courts, and any needed modifications made, before lawmakers have to start changing timelines for the May primary election.
The commission is meeting again all day both today (Thusday) and Friday.
The Idaho Press reports, Idaho’s six-member citizens commission is evenly split between Republicans and Democrats.
