Wrangell Sentinel -

JUNEAU – A divided Alaska Supreme Court on Friday, Dec. 28 ordered the state's redistricting plan to be redrawn for the 2014 elections.

The high court earlier this year ordered the redistricting board to redraw the map, with greater deference to Alaska constitutional requirements. But the court ultimately decided to let an interim plan be used for this year's elections, after finding problems and concerns with the new map.

The court's decision Friday finds that the board did not follow the process it was instructed to follow in redrawing the map the first time. That process – laid out i...