Director of Minnesota State Planning Dean Barkley confirmed to Checks & Balances yesterday that they are in the process of determining a criterion for redistricting, which includes a district political index. The problem Barkley admitted, is trying to decide which races to include. It is Barkley’s belief that election contests with constitutional amendments on the ballot skew the numbers of traditional voters, so the 1998…
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