legislative redistricting Archives

US Supreme Court to keep North Dakota district map in place until voting rights case wraps up

July 25, 2025

KVRR Staff,

Jamie Azure, chair of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, speaks July 10, 2025, in Belcourt during a visit from North Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong. (Photo provided by Office of the Governor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to prolong a temporary freeze on North Dakota’s legislative district map — hinting that the justices may be…

North Dakota legislative district map to remain in place for now, Supreme Court decides

July 17, 2025

KVRR Staff,

A sign in Devils Lake, North Dakota, marks the road leading to the Spirit Lake Reservation. (Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)WASHINGTON, D.C. (North Dakota Monitor) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday put a temporary freeze on North Dakota’s legislative district map, keeping it in place pending next steps in a tribal voting rights case against the state. The move came…

North Dakota Farmers Union Concerned About Redistricting

August 26, 2021

TJ Nelson,

BISMARCK, N.D. — A panel of North Dakota lawmakers has agreed to use the current number of legislators and the districts they represent as a template for redrawing new legislative boundaries. The redistricting committee began its task in Bismarck. When it’s finalized later this year, it likely will show urban areas gaining political strength in the Legislature, and rural parts…

Voting organizations call for fair districting in North Dakota

"This is about representation. This is about having equal access to electing somebody that knows the community."

August 25, 2021

Aaron Walling,

NORTH DAKOTA (KVRR) — State voting leaders are discussing the 2021 legislative redistricting process in North Dakota. Leaders from Voters First, the League of Women Voters, Native Vote and the BadAss Grandmas for Democracy are calling for fair legislative districting by the 2021 North Dakota legislative Redistricting Committee. The organizations are asking for districting concepts that would give better representation…