The Board listened closely to some things the Court said - like explain your reasons for your choice. The three Republican appointees did this at length. Some of what they said is clearly wrong or only partially right. I'll get into that tomorrow, but I'm redistricted out for now. So, here's a map I got at the end that show's the numbers of the Anchorage House districts and the letters of the Senate districts in the new map.
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The Senate Rotation they used is the same they used last November. Starting with A then B with the revised numbers put into the rotation. This was not discussed or agreed on by the Board. The staff did this. There's no change in the truncation - all but one seat is truncated.
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I haven't had time to go through this carefully, but you can figure out the districts from the map above, for example House Districts 11 and 12 are Senate Seat F; 9 and 10 (was 22 in the 2021 plan - Eagle River - is Senate Seat E.
More tomorrow.
Next, the judge has to decide if it satisfies his order. The three Republicans believe it will because it satisfies his concerns with pairing South Muldoon with Eagle River. (South Muldoon is now paired with North Muldoon in Senate Seat K). The two Board members who voted for Option 2 think it will not because it splits Eagle River and they don't think the new Seat F (Eagle River and Hillside) as 'contiguous as practicable.
If the judge doesn't like it he could send it back with new instructions. Or, he could, as Board member Borromeo asked him to do at the meeting today, repair it himself. In either case, I suspect court challenges will follow.
People have raised the concern that this won't be settled by the June 1 date for candidates to submit their applications to run for the state legislature in the November election. I did address that issue in a post one week ago, looking at what happened prior to the 2012 election.
No meeting tomorrow. The Board is done for now.
Good night. Sleep well. As we move into the bottom of the ninth with the possibility of extra innings.
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