
WA Supreme Court decides not to get involved in redistricting
After reviewing documents from the state Redistricting Commission, the court accepted its work, even though parts of it weren't finished on time.
After reviewing documents from the state Redistricting Commission, the court accepted its work, even though parts of it weren't finished on time.
The bipartisan panel's secretive negotiations and ultimate failure to approve new political maps has some questioning the process.
A few issues caused members of Washington's bipartisan commission to negotiate down to the wire, contributing to their failure to finish on time.
Members of a bipartisan commission couldn't agree. Now, the Washington Supreme Court will draw new political lines that will shape a decade of politics.
For nearly 12 hours, the public didn't know if the state's bipartisan redistricting commission completed its work on time — or what exactly got approved — since talks happened mostly in private.