Meet You At the Alaska Supreme Court This Afternoon

From the Alaska Redistricting Board's website:

WHAT:  The Alaska Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral argument in an appeal over Superior Court Judge Michael P. McConahy's decision in 2011 Redistricting Cases v. Alaska Redistricting Board.

WHEN:  Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 1:30pm. Each side has been allotted 45 minutes for argument.

WHERE:  Alaska Supreme Court, 5th Floor, 303 K Street, Anchorage, AK 99501

The Board's petition for review and other litigation documents are available for download at www.akredistricting.org.    

The questions presented for review by the Redistricting Board are:

1. Whether the trial court erred in holding the configuration of Proclamation House District 37  was not justified by the Board's need to adopt a non-retrogressive redistricting plan that complied with Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act?

1. Whether the trial court erred in holding the configuration of House District 38 was not justified by the Board's need to adopt a non-retrogressive redistricting plan that complied with Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act?

The questions presented for review by the Plaintiffs Riley and Dearborn are:

1. Did the Superior Court err in not invaliding [sic] the plan based upon process claims?
2. Did the Superior Court err in holding that the City of Fairbanks population was too small to give rise to an anti-dilution claims [sic]?
3. Did the Superior Court err in failing in holding that the Voting Rights Act excused violation of borough's rights to proportional representation/split borough excess borough population.

City of Fairbanks/Faribanks North Star Borough Districts