County commissioners decided Thursday on a five-district map for addition of two commissioners.
Both Marion and Hillsboro will be split into two different districts, and two of the districts will not be contiguous, with some part of each district isolated from the remainder of the district.
Although state law does not require that districts be contiguous, it does require that they be as compact as possible, and numerous federal court rulings have struck down districting plans elsewhere that include non-contiguous districts.
Bryan Caskey, director of elections for the Kansas secretary of state’s office, said drawing district lines was entirely up to the county.
(Read more: HILLSBORO Star-Journal)