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JUNEAU (AP) — The board that redraws Alaska's political boundaries would be comprised of five Republicans, five Democrats and four people not affiliated with either party under a proposed constitutional amendment introduced in the Senate Tuesday.

SJR19 is sponsored by Anchorage Democratic Sen. Hollis French. It would nearly triple the size of the redistricting board and seek to do away with concerns that creep up every 10 years, when the lines are redrawn, that politics influence the process. Board members would no longer be appointees but instead chosen through a lottery.

The measure cal...