Montana has new voting maps for the next decade, and the new lines may impact this year’s elections. They dictate potential new House and Senate districts throughout Montana’s counties. Before election season really gets into the swing of things, the state’s elections manager explained what’s to come. FULL STORY: https://nbcmontana.com/news/local/montana-officials-discuss-map-redistricting# Stay up to date with our digital and social media content: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NBCMontana Twitter: https://twitter.com/NBCMontana Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nbc_montana/ Latest local news and weather: https://nbcmontana.com/ Latest Weather Forecast: https://nbcmontana.com/weather Download our App: https://nbcmontana.com/station/nbc-montana-news-and-weather-app Share Your Photos and Videos: https://NBCMontana.com/ChimeIn Send us News Tips: ml-Missoula-KECI-News@sbgtv.com Call our newsroom: 406-721-5642 NBC Montana is a MT based station and a NBC Television affiliate owned and operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group. Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. is one of the largest and most diversified television broadcasting companies in the country today. Sinclair owns and operates, programs, or provides sales services to 163 television stations in 77 markets, after pending transactions. #montana #montanamoment #nbcmontana #mtwx #news

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The Montana Secretary of State's Office (SOS) and the Montana State Library (MSL) are Geo-Enabling Montana's elections by implementing GIS into existing election processes. The SOS is employing a new election management system (EMS) called ElectMT, which includes a GIS and mapping component called TotalAddress, with the goal to ensure that every Montana voter is accurately mapped and assigned to the correct Precinct Split.Following the federal decennial census every ten years, the Districting and Apportionment Commission is responsible for drawing new Congressional and Legislative Districts in a process called Redistricting. Montana State Library has put together Redistricting Resources on their Montana Geo-Enabled Elections page:  https://geoenabled-elections-montana.hub.arcgis.com/Resources include:Interactive MapsReportsData Layers for Download Web ServicesPDF Maps

The Montana Districting and Apportionment Commission has brought forward a tentative map for the next ten years of elections to the Montana Legislature.

Forum on proposed Montana legislative districts

Montana legislative redistricting committe starting work

Redistricting commission narrows down Montana borders to two options

A Montana commission has advanced nine proposals for what two future congressional districts could look like but Republicans and Democrats remain far apart in their ideas.

Some possible new congressional districts for MT – and the politics to go with them

New census data shows reshaping of Montana population