Jury: Public Service Commission district lines don't favor political party
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A Helena jury has concluded that Montana lawmakers’ primary purpose in redrawing the state’s current utility commission districts wasn’t to favor one political party over another.
Jurors in a Lewis and Clark County district court ruled 9-3 Friday in favor of the 2023 Legislature following a multi-day trial this week. The Legislature had been accused of gerrymandering Public Service Commission districts in a lawsuit brought by five individual voters and Montana Conservation Voters.
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