New redistricting plan calls for revised split

Whitman County elections officials Monday unveiled a new redistricting plan that balances out populations in three commissioner districts by a revision of the general pie carving pattern for Pullman. The plan calls for re-assignment of Pullman precincts to new commissioner district. Fourteen precincts will be consolidated.

The new plan replaces the plan that was proposed last week. It would have created a massive rural District 1 and concentrated the population in District 3 in Pullman.

“It would make more sense to just weight it in Pullman,” said Commissioner Michael Largent, who represents D...