Summary
"I've been in rooms where legislators say, 'I don't want those voters in my district,'" said [Gerald Hebert], an attorney who also runs " Americans for Redistricting Reform, a coalition formed earlier this year.
"There were people who wanted us to be very partisan and that's really counter to what the commission's supposed to be," the North Idaho developer said. "I thought my job on there was for the people first and the party a far second, and I wasn't going to step down.""Every action that's taken by the commission requires bipartisan support," [Tom Stuart] said. "I think that's really a good deal for voters. That means that tyranny of either party cannot occur."See the full content of this document
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Mapping Idaho
Eight years into the decade, Idaho's legislative districts are badly out of whack. District 14, the rapidly growing area that runs from Eagle into the northwestern corner of Ada County, has about as many registered voters today as it did total residents after the 2000 census. District 27, which runs from Burley north to the Pocatello city line, has lost population, giving constituents of Sen. Demon Darrington, a Declo Republican, and Reps. Fred Wood and Scott Bedke, Republicans from Burley and Oakley respectively, a stronger voice in the Legislature than their neighbors in Twin Falls.
According to the secretary of State's Office, there are now twice as many registered voters in Star Republican Rep. Mike Moyle's District 14 than in Bedke's District 27. According to a Boise Weekly analysis of 2007 Census Bureau populatio=n estimate...See the full content of this document
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