The Whitehall Ledger - Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana

Dear Editor,

Many of us here in Jefferson County are tired of party politics and feeling ignored by political elites who only care about their own agendas. These days it seems like elections are so partisan that no one really wins. We have to ensure that our elections are fair from the very beginning when drawing our state’s congressional maps.

States are required by the constitution to redraw congressional and state legislative district lines every ten years to account for changes in population size. These maps can determine the outcome of an election, simply based on how it’s drawn. T...