Hawaii Reapportionment Plan Upheld by Federal Court

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Hawaii does not have to count some 108,000 “nonpermanent residents” — mostly students and military — when drawing the boundaries of state districts, according to a federal court order issued today.

In its 83-page decision, a three-judge panel upheld an earlier order that found the 2012 reapportionment and redistricting plan constitutional.

Check out the full decision here.

— Nathan Eagle

(Photo of gavel courtesy of bloomsberries via Flickr)

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