In re Reapportionment of Town of Montgomery

Petitioners contend that the resolution does not comply with this Court’s mandate, and that this Court failed to provide clear guidance to the legislature on whether moving the Town of Montgomery into the Franklin County district, without doing more, would violate the federal constitution’s one-person, one-vote requirement. Upon review of the record, including the joint resolution and the transcripts of the committee hearings, we conclude that the legislature satisfied the Court’s mandate by finding, following public hearings before the special House committee, that the original house…