“Keith Gaddie—Thinking About Gerrymandering”
Here’s a video of Keith giving a lecture at the University of Missouri Kinder Institute discussing whether partisanship is too unstable to measure for purposes of discerning partisan gerrrymandering.
Category Archives: redistricting
Pennsylvania Governor Rejects Republican Legislative Leaders’ Proposed Districting Plan, Meaning Special Master Will Draw Congressional Districts
Gov. statement:
Governor Tom Wolf today told the Pennsylvania Supreme Court that he will not accept the proposed map Republican legislative leaders submitted because it, too, is a partisan gerrymander that does not comply with the court’s order or Pennsylvania’s… Continue reading
NC: “Wake-Mecklenburg maps stand as GOP drew them, with hours left before candidates file”
News and Observer:
A panel of judges rejected a request from Democrats and voters who filed the first lawsuit this decade challenging North Carolina lawmakers’ redistricting plans to provide relief from election districts in Wake and Mecklenburg counties they contend… Continue reading
“California Local Redistricting Project Releases New Tool to Facilitate Local Redistricting Reform”
Release:
Today, the California Local Redistricting Project – a joint project of the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law’s Capital Center for Law & Policy and California Common Cause – announced the release of a new tool to… Continue reading
“Trump’s Controversial Pick to Run the 2020 Census Withdraws”
Ari Berman:
The Trump administration’s controversial pick to run the 2020 census has withdrawn from consideration to be deputy director of the US Census Bureau, according to sources close to the bureau.
In November, Politico reported that the administration planned… Continue reading
Jeff Wice Letter to NYT Editor on NYC Redistricting
“Pa. Republicans have proposed a new congressional map. Democrats say it’s still gerrymandered.”
Philly.com:
A proposed new map of Pennsylvania congressional districts may have sanded off some of the rougher edges of the current version, but it still amounts to a pro-Republican gerrymander, a chorus of Democrats complained Saturday as they urged Gov.… Continue reading
“Top Republicans in Pa. House, Senate submit congressional map to Gov. Wolf”
Philly Inquirer:
Facing a deadline imposed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, the legislature’s two top Republicans late Friday submitted to the governor a new statewide map of congressional districts to replace boundaries the justices ruled were unconstitutional.
If approved, the… Continue reading
“Pennsylvania has to draw new congressional districts, but getting rid of gerrymandering will be harder than you think.”
Bernie Grofman and Jonathan Cervas for the Monkey Cage:
A map that meets all these criteria will probably reduce the Republican Party’s advantage in the state’s congressional races. Although the two parties poll more or less equally statewide, Republicans hold… Continue reading
Jim Gardner Analysis of PA Redistricting Decision: “Federalism complicates the analysis as a state court opens a second front in the struggle against gerrymandering”
The following is a guest post from the great Jim Gardner:
{Note from Rick: You can find 139 pages of the majority opinion and maps at this link, as well as a concurring and dissenting opinion and two dissenting… Continue reading
“As deadline looms, Republicans consider new strategy for Pa. congressional maps”
Philly Inquirer:
It’s official: The state legislature will not pass a new congressional map before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s Friday deadline.
But the Republican leaders who control both chambers weren’t ready Thursday to cede the redrawing of districts to the… Continue reading
“Pa. Supreme Court releases gerrymandering opinion: 2011 map violates ‘free and equal’ elections”
Philly Inquirer:
Pennsylvania’s congressional map, as adopted in 2011, violates the state constitution’s guarantee that “elections shall be free and equal,” the state Supreme Court said Wednesday in an opinion explaining its gerrymandering order overturning the map more than two… Continue reading
Understanding the Supreme Court’s Two Orders in the North Carolina Gerrymandering Cases, and How It Fits into the Bigger Picture
Yesterday (when I was on the road), the Supreme Court issued two orders related to redistricting cases. In the North Carolina partisan gerrymandering case (involving congressional districts), the Supreme Court denied a motion by Common Cause to expedite consideration of… Continue reading
“Eric Holder’s Group Targets All-G.O.P. States to Attack Gerrymandering”
Alex Burns for the NYT:
A Democratic group backed by former President Barack Obama intends to pour millions of dollars into an eclectic array of elections in a dozen states, in an effort to block Republicans from single-handedly drawing congressional… Continue reading