The legislative committee working on redistricting has signed off on a map that legislators will vote on in a special session next month. The so called Rausch-Olson plan could force primaries in about a half dozen districts, and was approved by the republican dominated committee. House Minority Leader Bernie Hunhoff of Yankton says democrats won’t be able to do much about the proposal during the special session…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2011/09/Bernie-Hunhoff-928a.mp3|titles=Bernie Hunhoff 928a]Hunhoff says he sees more issues for rural residents in the new maps…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2011/09/Bernie-Hunhoff-928b.mp3|titles=Bernie Hunhoff 928b]Hunhoff says single member districts in the House may be one answer in an effort to keep communities more unified…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2011/09/Bernie-Hunhoff-928c.mp3|titles=Bernie Hunhoff 928c]Under Rausch-Olsen, the counties that make up District 22 Beadle, Jerauld and Hand, would be split three ways, with all of Beadle and Kingsbury County as a district, Jerauld County would join a district with Aurora and Davision Counties and Hand County would be a part of a seven county district that would encompass most of North Central South Dakota. A map of the Rausch-Olsen plan is below at the link