Redistricting

One Rapid City neighborhood that’s been split up legislatively for decades is now in a single state district.Lawmakers are placing North Rapid city is in District 32 following redistricting efforts. Previous maps had north Rapid City split into three separate districts.

After days of wrangling during a special session, state lawmakers have passed new legislative boundaries to update political lines following the 2020 census.

Each year, voters send lawmakers to Pierre for the state legislative session. Those lawmakers represent 35 districts. And after the census every ten years, lawmakers redraw those districts themselves. The barriers of a district determine exactly which voters a given lawmaker represents.The redistricting process is underway now. But as legislators draw the new maps, there's a push to change the process and make it less political.

SDPB's Lee Strubinger reports on South Dakota's ongoing redistricting process. The commission has wrapped up public meetings and is moving toward a November 8 deadline.

Dakota Political Junkies Mike Card and Jon Schaff discuss the challenges and controversy of redistricting in South Dakota, especially after a fractured Census count.

State lawmakers are re-drawing the boundary lines for legislative districts, but some also want state residents to establish a new independent redistricting committee.

SDPB's Lee Strubinger takes us to North Rapid City, a neighborhood that's been divided up politically by the state legislature for decades. Some are hoping to change that this year.

Legislative panels looking at redrawing state political boundaries are taking public input. One group is hearing from those in the Rapid City area.

SDPB's Lee Strubinger joins us with an explanation of redistricting in South Dakota.Lawyers are questioning whether the language of a document that is…

In 2020, after a new census is complete, states will see changes in population and draw new lines for voting districts.A Black Hills State political…