Approval of new district map will move 4,000 voters Pullm

Changes to affect Pullman residents

County commissioners swapped about 4,000 constituents in Pullman under the redistricting plan approved Monday.

The county was required to equalize population in each district following the U.S. Census every 10 years.

Monday’s formal approval of the plan came a week after the state deadline for county’s to balance their districts.

Auditor Eunice Coker blamed the delay on the lack of a county-owned mapping software and a time-taxed elections department. Commissioners had agreed to contract with a mapping expert from Lincoln County to draw the new district line...