(Des Moines, IA) — The process of drawing new maps every decade for Iowa’s congressional and legislative districts is underway.
The U-S Census Bureau released population numbers Thursday which are used to decide the districts. There was a court fight when the rules were created and as Iowa Supreme Court overturned the 1971 redistricting plan the Republican-controlled legislature developed.
The Supreme Court consulted with an attorney in the Legislative Services Bureau to draw up the congressional and legislative district maps used in that decade.
