Redistricting legislative seats mid-cycle not constitutional, legal analysts say

By: Micah Drew

Outlets: Daily Montanan

Published: July 17, 2026

Words: 495

Last Updated: 1 day, 5 hours ago

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The Montana Constitution does not allow for the state to reconvene the commission to draw new legislative district between cycles, according to an analysis by the Legislative Legal Services Office.

In a memo provided to the State Administration and Veterans Affairs Interim Committee last week, legal analysts with the state said the constitution lays out how the redistricting commission is selected in the session preceding the decennial federal census, and dissolved after its work …

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