The following is a guest post from Jeff Barton: When considering a district map, the term “partisan advantage” as introduced by Jon Eguia and advocated by Alec Ramsay refers to the difference between a party’s ideal and actual seat… Continue reading

Rob Yablon blogs.

Reid Wilson for The Hill: The legislature approved a map earlier this year that would have kept most districts largely the way they have existed in recent elections. A new district awarded to Florida after the decennial redistricting process would… Continue reading

NYT: A New York appeals court judge on Friday signed off on the appointment of a neutral expert to prepare new congressional district lines that could be used if the state’s highest court upholds a lower-court ruling that struck down… Continue reading

Mark Brown for Jurist.

Baltimore Sun: Gov. Larry Hogan, ending a monthslong legal and legislative tussle with Democrats, signed a map of Maryland’s congressional districts on Monday that the General Assembly redrew after a judge rejected the first version as extremely partisan.Hogan,… Continue reading

NYT reports.

You can find the 18-page ruling here, a ruling which is sure to be appealed. If the ruling stands and New York does not draw batter maps, the court will appoint a neutral expert to do so. I’m guessing that… Continue reading

NYT: With the midterm election cycle fast approaching, Republicans in the key states of Florida and Ohio have made critical progress in their push to add to their dominance on congressional maps by carving new districts that would be… Continue reading

Politico reports. The final stage of the redistricting cycle has arrived: gridlock.Spats between governors and state legislators — and between different Republican factions — have brought map-making to a standstill in the final four states still without new congressional… Continue reading