Arizona: appeals court upholds legislative districting plan
The Arizona Republic reports: The boundaries of the state s legislative districts for this fall s elections will remain the same as they have been for the past three years.
That s the immediate impact of a state Court of Appeals ruling handed down Thursday in a redistricting dispute.
And it could spell the end of the seven-year legal battle, since any continued fight would only affect legislative elections in 2010. After that, a new census is taken and new lines are drawn.
The court rejected an appeal from a coalition of Latinos and Democrats who claimed the map outlining Arizona s 30 legislative districts was drawn without consideration of the districts competitiveness. -- State s legislative-district boundaries to remain same
The court's opinion is on its website, Arizona Minority Coalition v. Arizona IRC, CA-CV 07-0301.