SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota lawmakers tasked with redrawing the state’s political boundaries have set a framework that will allow them to speed through the once-in-a-decade process on a tight schedule this year. The two committees responsible for drawing the new legislative districts began their work in earnest yesterday (Aug. 30, 2021) after the U.S. Census Bureau released detailed data earlier this month. Lawmakers only have about 10 weeks to propose districts before a special session of the Legislature convenes Nov. 8. Republican lawmakers cited the shortened process in setting two parameters that will guide their work. But one Democrat says he wants to slow things down.
District 24 senator Mary Duvall of Pierre chairs the Senate Redistricting Committee. District 23 representative and Speaker of the House Spencer Gosch of Glenham chairs the House Redistricting Committee.
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