Susan Maricle asks, "BTW, where can an upstater find info on how,
when, and why the redistricting happened?"
For the redistricting process generally, the Geographic Information
Systems office--which the Minnesota Legislature established as "the
repository of statewide boundary information for legislative use"--maintains
a great website with information about federal, state, and local
redistricting at
http://www.commissions.leg.state.mn.us/gis/html/redis-list.html. The
"Redistricting 2000" guide gives a good conceptual overview.
For Minneapolis redistricting, the City Clerk's website furnishes some
information at http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/redistricting/. The
redistricting webpage gives a brief overview of the process, and links to
the Minneapolis redistricting plan (with a statistical breakdown at
http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/redistricting/20020430planstats.asp).
Unfortunately, the more detailed information that was posted during the
redistricting process--including information about the Redistricting
Commission and its timetable--is no longer posted. (The next commission
won't meet until 2012, so it isn't even listed in the City's listing of
boards, commissions, and advisory committees. See
http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/citywork/clerk/boards/clrk-brds.html#r.) The
law that governs the City's redistricting process, including the
Redistricting Commission's appointment, composition, and timetable, appears
in the City Charter, chapter 1, section 3, which is available online at
http://livepublish.municode.com/13/lpext.dll?f=templates&fn=main-j.htm&vid=1
1490.
BRM
Brian Melendez
Downtown
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