Commission should reject gerrymandered congressional districts

Each decade our nation performs a census and congressional maps are redrawn to fit each state’s allocation of the 435 seats in our Nation’s House of Representative. For the first time ever, Montana has re-gained a second congressional district, putting all eyes on our state in 2022. The lines for these two seats and our legislative districts, are determined by a five-member independent commission – two chosen by Republican leaders, two by Democrat leaders, and one appointed by the Montana Supreme Court – which has the authority under the Montana Constitution to set the boundaries...