Map selection for Montana’s congressional districts is coming down to the wire. Of the nine map finalists receiving public comment currently the only maps producing a politically competitive western district put Gallatin County entirely in the west with the eastern district in every scenario being solidly Republican. The Districting and Apport...
Montana’s New Congressional Districts Nearing Final Mapping
Nine maps have made the final cut in the process to designate two Montana congressional districts. On Voices of Montana District and Apportionment Commission Member Dan Stusek said the map chosen must meet four criteria set out in the Montana and the U.S. Constitutions. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/10-11_737.mp3
Districting And Apportionment Committee Narrows Down Options For New House Districts
Nine U.S. House district maps were selected Tuesday from more than 200 submitted by the public or nominated by members of the Montana Districting and Apportionment Commission. Montana is the first state in history to regain a House seat lost in a previous U.S. Census. The state had two districts until the 1990 Census when low population cost M...
Deadline Set For New Congressional Districts To Be Filed
The official 90-day period to create a new congressional map for Montana has begun. Tuesday morning, the Montana Districting and Apportionment Commission officially accessed the census data it needed in order to begin the process of splitting the state into two congressional districts marking the beginning of the countdown to November 15th whe...
Districting And Apportionment Committee Seeking Prisoners’ Home Addresses For Census Data
Members of the Montana Districting and Apportionment Commission agreed to send letters advocating for the collection of prisoner home addresses as opposed to being counted in a correctional facility to Montana’s top governing officials during their Tuesday meeting. This would have more impact on the 2030 census and congressional redistri...
Commission Sets New Rules For Montana’s Redistricting Process
The Montana Districting and Apportionment Commission has adopted rules to guide how it carves up the state’s legislative districts once data from the 2020 Census becomes available including a goal of drawing competitive districts. The criteria it chose Tuesday for the 150 state House and Senate districts differ somewhat from the federal redist...
Districting & Apportionment Commission Holds Public Meeting
During a state Districting and Apportionment Commission meeting Thursday witnesses spoke for nearly five hours and were sharply divided on how to draw political districts. Ideas were debated like whether it made sense to assure state legislative districts were competitive or that wherever possible communities not have to share a politician wit...
Montana Districting Committee To Meet Today
The ground rules for drawing Montana’s new second congressional district will be settled Friday but not before the public has a final chance to weigh in with several hours of live comments expected this afternoon. Tom Lutey of the Billings Gazette reports there are 161 emails already with advice to Montana’s Districting and Apportionment Commi...
Talks Begin For Determining New Montana Congressional Districts
At a meeting of the state Districting and Apportionment Commission Thursday, the debate began to take shape over how the next few years will shake out with the April announcement that Montana will gain a second congressional district in 2022. The commission will draw Montana’s new congressional district along with its 150 legislative dis...
Montana Gains Second Congressional Seat
The 2020 Census count was officially released today, and based on the state’s population growth, the Treasure State will regain a second congressional seat. Montana’s population grew from 989,415 to 1,085,407 since the last census, a growth rate of nearly 10 percent. The Montana Districting and Apportionment Committee will draw up ...