Detroit News: Republican mapmakers who drew Michigan’s current political districts were pressured to appease lawmakers and made changes to help gain legislative approval, according to documents and depositions in a federal lawsuit. The documents show mapmakers in 2011 gave top… Continue reading

Too funny:

Oped in the News & Record.

Judge Lynn Adelman has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming University of Memphis Law Review). Here is the abstract: In this paper, to be presented at an election law forum sponsored by the Memphis Law Review and published in a… Continue reading

I’m very much looking forward to participating in this Federal Bar Association lunchtime event in Riverside, California with Doug Johnson on October 23. Link with RSVP info.  

WaPo: “With a court-ordered deadline looming Oct. 30, Republican leaders of the House of Delegates on Tuesday backed a ‘politically neutral, race-blind remedial redistricting map’ that they said would satisfy the court while causing minimal disruption to existing legislative district… Continue reading

Democrats in the Wisconsin Assembly filed a new partisan gerrymandering suit Friday challenging WI assembly map on First Amendment grounds. Here’s th complaint: https://t.co/yFOwdGAe2J #fairmaps #wipolitics pic.twitter.com/RbrRTXVC1A — Michael Li 李之樸 (@mcpli) September 17, 2018

You can find the order here. Neither Legislative Defendants’ Motion nor their supporting brief explicitly addresses any of the well-established factors set forth in Hilton. Normally, that failure alone would be fatal to Legislative Defendants’ Motion. See, e.g., Hickman-Bey… Continue reading

Reid Wilson: Nonpartisan redistricting proponents are turning to midterm election referendums in key states where legislative leaders have signaled no desire to give up their authority on drawing political boundaries. Voters in four states — Michigan, Missouri, Colorado and Utah… Continue reading

Calling Michael McDonald: looks like another redistricting precinct error, but this time it may force a new vote.  (The article discusses a bunch of issues beyond the precinct error, few of which seem related to the race in question.)