This week the Alaska Redistricting Board will try to wrap up its work of redrawing political boundaries across the state to even up the population of each of the 40 House seats. The board started its work in earnest after receiving final population numbers from the Census Bureau in mid-August. It has a Nov. 10 deadline. If necessary, the board will meet over the weekend, but the goal is to finish by Friday.
The public is invited to testify on Tuesday and Friday during the hours specified below. To date, most of the testimony has come from Democrat partisans.
Review all the maps under consideration at this link.
The meeting schedule for this week:
Tuesday, Nov. 2, 9 am: Full board meeting, at the Anchorage Legislative Information Offices
- Agenda is attached
- Location: Anchorage LIO, Denali Room (1500 W. Benson Blvd)
- Streamed at: www.akl.tv
- Testimony will be taken between 9:00-10:30am, in-person and via teleconference (please call in by 10am).
Teleconference: from Anchorage 563-9085; from Juneau 586-9085; from anywhere else: 844-586-9085 - Online Public Notice: http://notice.alaska.gov/204203
Wednesday, Nov. 3 and Thursday, Nov. 4: will be mapping work sessions at our office, starting at 9 am.
- No formal agenda – this will be a more fluid process for members to finalize the maps
- Location: Alaska Redistricting Board Office (3901 Old Seward Hwy, Ste. 141)
- The public is invited to observe, but there will not be public testimony taken at this meeting. Masks and social distancing will be required.
- The meeting will be streamed via Zoom, details below:
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Meeting ID: 907 406 2894
Passcode: MoreMaps
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- Online Public Notices: http://notice.alaska.gov/204203; http://notice.alaska.gov/204262
Friday, Nov. 5, 9 am: Full board meeting at the Anchorage LIO
- The plan is to have another opportunity for public testimony, starting at 9 am, then finish out any agenda items held over from November 2, including adoption of the final redistricting plan.
- Location: Anchorage LIO, Denali Room (1500 W. Benson Blvd)
- Streamed at: www.akl.tv
- Testimony will be taken starting at 9 am, in-person and via teleconference
Teleconference: from Anchorage 563-9085; from Juneau 586-9085; from anywhere else: 844-586-9085 - Online Public Notice: http://notice.alaska.gov/204263
All public testimony received before 6 pm Monday will be in tomorrow’s board packet.
