MISSOURI House Redistricting Plan

MISSOURI House Redistricting Plan

Appellate Apportionment Commission FILING

November 30, 2011

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SUPREME COURT OF MISSOURI

en banc

September 8, 2011

PER CURIAM WHEREAS, the house reapportionment commission was appointed pursuant to Mo.

Const. art. III, sec. 2, and the senate reapportionment commission was appointed pursuant to Mo. Const. art. III, sec. 7; and

WHEREAS, the secretary of state has forwarded to the Court a letter received from each commission that each is unable to file the tentative plan as required by the constitution; and

WHEREAS, each commission shall "stand discharged" if a "final statement of the numbers and boundaries of the districts together with a map of the districts" is not filed with the secretary of state by September 18, 2011;

NOW, THEREFORE, if either or both commissions shall fail to file a final statement by September 18, 2011, the following "judges of the appellate courts of the state of Missouri" are

hereby appointed pursuant to Mo. Const. art. III, secs. 2 and 7, to serve as the reapportionment commission for either or both the house and senate, as the case may be:

THE HONORABLE DON E. BURRELL, JR. THE HONORABLE ROBERT G. DOWD, JR. THE HONORABLE LISA WHITE HARDWICK THE HONORABLE NANCY STEFFEN RAHMEYER THE HONORABLE ROY L. RICHTER THE HONORABLE JAMES E. WELSH

Lisa White Hardwick, Chair Roy L. Richter, Vice Chair Don E. Burrell, Jr. Robert G. Dowd, Jr. Nancy Steffen Rahmeyer James E. Welsh

State of Missouri

APPELLATE APPORTIONMENT COMMISSION

Redistricting Office Jefferson State Office Building

Room 1310 Jefferson City, MO 65101

(573) 751-1319

For immediate release: November 30, 2011

Media Advisory

Commission Announces New State Legislative Districts

The Missouri Appellate Apportionment Commission has filed new state Senate and House of Representatives redistricting plans and maps with the Missouri Secretary of State. The Commission was appointed by the Supreme Court of Missouri as prescribed by the state constitution when bipartisan citizen apportionment commissions failed to reach agreement on new district lines in September. The state constitution gave the six appellate court judges ninety days to complete the task. This is only the second time in state history that a judicial panel has redistricted both chambers of the General Assembly.

Commission Chair, Lisa White Hardwick said, "We have worked collaboratively to draw maps that comply with the constitution, the Voting Rights Act, and other legal requirements." The districts take effect for primary and general elections next year. Candidate filing for election to the new districts begins February 28, 2012.

Redistricting occurs every ten years following the census. Based on the 2010 Census, Missouri's resident population increased by 7% to 5,988,927. This increase, combined with regional population shifts, required significant changes in the state's 34 current Senate districts and 163 current House districts to meet the constitutional requirement that district be as equal in population as practicable.

The Senate redistricting plan has an overall difference in population of 7.46% between its largest and smallest districts. The new plan has four African-American majority districts.

The House redistricting plan has an overall population difference of 7.80% between its largest and smallest districts. The new plan has 16 African-American majority districts. It also has 2 districts wherein combined racial minority populations comprise a majority. Thus, the House plan has a total of 18 districts where racial minorities constitute a majority of the population.

Summary maps and demographic reports describing the new legislative districts are posted on the website: . Additional detailed maps and census descriptions filed with the Secretary of State will also soon be available on the website.

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