On March 29, a group of Maine voters filed a lawsuit in federal court, to force the state to redraw the U.S. House district boundaries before the 2012 election. For some reason, Maine and Montana law provide that redistricting should not occur in the election that immediately follows completion of the census. Instead, both states won’t redistrict until 2013. The case is Desena v State of Maine, 1-11-cv-00117.
Montana, of course, does not need to redistrict any U.S. House district boundaries, because Montana only has one seat in the U.S. House.
In Montana 2013 is when the next legislative session will take place and the committee, which comprises of two Democrats and two Republicans and one other person that was appointed by the Governor, should have districts redrew that will probably benefit Democrats since they control the committee. You can bet the Republicans will point this out.
Each gerrymander apportionment following a 0 year applies to the U.S.A. House of Reps starting in the 3 year — after the 2 year election.
What caused the party hacks in ME and MT to be more than a bit party hack NUTS ???