The Reapportionment Commission has wrapped for the day, no closer to coming up with new legislative district boundaries that meet Supreme Court approval. The commission is scheduled to meet again Jan. 30. That’s the day before people can start filing to run for office, if they only knew what their district boundaries were going to be.
The commission also dodged a regulatory bullet of sorts. It appeared they might have violated the Sunshine Law by filing motions related to the court ruling a week before the meeting. But the commission staff attorney said no law was violated because the commission didn’t meet to come up with the decision to file the motions. Instead he filed on their behalf. The motions were later rejected by the Supreme Court.
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