Districting and Apportionment Publications

Staff Reports for 2009-2013 Commission

• 2010 Ideal Districting Timeline
• Summary of Montana Court Cases and AG Opinions
• History of Legislative Districting Criteria in Montana, 1974-2000 - updated 2/16/10
• Legal Memo: Criteria for Redistricting in Montana
• Briefing Paper: Accepting Publicly Submitted Redistricting Plans
• By the Numbers report series

Other Documents

• Open Letter from Bennion and Vaughey to the Supreme Court
• Summary 2000 Round Public Meeting/Hearing Schedule
• Census Proclamation
• Commission Op-ed on Census and 2010 Public Hearings
• Redistricting article in the Interim Newsletter - October 2010
• Redistricting presentation to Montana League of Cities and Towns - 2010
• Table: current district statistics (from May 16, 2011, meeting)
• OMB Bulletin 00-02
• Commission Operating Guidelines -- as adopted July 12, 2011
• Commission Op-ed on Public Input - August 2011

Useful Documents from Previous Commissions

• Primer on Districting and Apportionment Basic Facts
• Talking Points on Redistricting
• Guidelines and Criteria for Congressional and Legislative Redistricting
• Mandatory and Discretionary Criteria for Redistricting
• Operational Guidelines for Congressional and Legislative Redistricting
• Aggregation and Allocation of Data on Race