Alaska Supreme Court
In the Matter of the 2021 Redistricting Cases, In the Matter of the 2021 Redistricting Cases, In the Matter of the…
April 21, 2023528 P.3d 40
Summary
The court explains the constitutional standards governing Alaska's 2021 legislative redistricting and reviews challenges to the Board's process and district configurations. It holds that the Board sufficiently followed the required sequence for considering federal voting-rights concerns, that the superior court applied an overly demanding public-comment standard in its hard-look analysis, and that certain procedural violations did not warrant voiding the entire plan. The court also holds that the Cantwell appendage was unconstitutionally drawn because compactness could not be sacrificed for additional socioeconomic integration. The opinion does not reach its final disposition in the supplied text.