Overview

• A federal judge has ordered a new joint North Dakota legislative district for the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians and the Spirit Lake Tribe.
• The tribes successfully argued that a map created through redistricting in 2021 violated the Voting Rights Act by diluting their voting strength.
• The judge's decision comes after a flurry of court filings in the lawsuit since his November 2021 ruling.
• The new map requires changes to only three districts and is the least intrusive option that complies with the Voting Rights Act and the Constitution.
• The map that will be used in 2024 is the same Voting Rights Act-compliant map the Tribes originally recommended to the Redistricting Committee and the full Legislature during the 2021 redistricting process.