CASE SUMMARY

On December 1, 2021, an Idaho voter filed a petition with the Idaho Supreme Court challenging the Idaho Commission for Reapportionment’s adopted legislative redistricting plan violated the Idaho Constitution’s and state law’s redistricting requirements by failing to give “equal consideration” to the needs, feedback, and testimony of counties, districts, and voters in support of a plan with more county splits that would better serve other criteria such as linking major roads and avoiding split precincts and communities of interest. Petitioner sought a judicial declaration that a plan containing more county splits would not violate the Constitution’s redistricting requirements and a court order requiring the Commission to remedy the deficiencies in the plan, including consideration of their own plan proposals.

  • On December 17, 2021, the Idaho Supreme Court consolidated this case with three other challenges to the legislative plan.
  • On January 27, 2022, the Idaho Supreme Court upheld the Commission’s final plan as valid, finding the Commission’s balancing of redistricting criteria was reasonable and applying a “reasonably determined” standard to the Commission’s determinations as to which counties are “reasonably necessary” to divide for constitutional compliance purposes.

For all filings in this case, see the litigation page for Durst v. Idaho Comm'n for Reapportionment.

Related Cases: Durst v. Idaho Comm'n for Reapportionment; Ada County v. Idaho Comm'n for Reapportionment; Allan v. Idaho Comm'n for Reapportionment

Similar Case: Pentico v. Idaho Comm'n for Reapportionment

CASE LIBRARY

Idaho Supreme Court - No. 49295-2021 [together with Nos. 49621-2021, 49267-2021, & 49353-2021]