“Giving redistricting a little respect; The L.A. County Board of Supervisors needs to set aside politics and to the right thing — draw new boundaries that reflect the population.”
The LA Times offers this editorial.
Category Archives: redistricting
“DOJ: Rick Perry’s Texas Redistricting Plan Purposefully Discriminated Against Minorities”
TPM: “The Justice Department said late Friday that based on their preliminary investigation, a congressional redistricting map signed into law by Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry appears to have been “at least in part, for the purpose of diminishing… Continue reading
“Democrats Forced to Face Issue of Race”
Roll Call: “House Democrats could endure an unprecedented number of primaries this cycle that pit white and black Members against each other thanks to redistricting.”
“The Most Gerrymandered Districts of 2011”
The Fix reports.
“The Hidden Hands in Redistricting: Corporations and Other Powerful Interests”
A must-read ProPublica report.
“Experts: Ohio political map tactic likely wrong”
AP reports.
“Democratic Illinois Trio Voices Ire Over Map”
Roll Call: “Democrats hailed Illinois’ new Congressional map as a work of redistricting art earlier this year, but now the three black Democrats in the delegation are raising serious objections.”
“Department of Justice to fight Texas redistricting map “
The Fix reports.
Is Redistricting to Blame for Democratic Election Woes?
An interesting perspective in the Boston Review.
“Ohio Democrats gambled, lost — and now they’re angry”
Joe Frolik:
Last year, when he was still in the Ohio Senate, Secretary of State Jon Husted tried to upset that dynamic with a constitutional amendment to change how this state redistricts. Husted wanted to create a seven-member apportionment… Continue reading
“Redistricting in Philadelphia skates to the edges instead of keeping to the middle”
Variations on one person, one vote stir controversy.
“Feds: Proposed Texas Maps Undermine Minority Vote”
The Texas Tribune reports.
“Justices Department Expresses Concern Over Texas Redistricting Plan”
“Could Texas’ Redistricting Leave Latinos Behind?”
NPR offers this report.