“Election controversies, other concerns prompt potential Virginia voting changes in 2020”
This seems like a good roundup of many of the electoral proposals on the agenda in Virginia for the coming legislative session.
Category Archives: redistricting
“‘Alabama Counts’: How one Republican state bucks national trends and boosts Census awareness”
Alabama is right on the brink of losing a congressional seat – under most projections, it’s the state that would get the 436th seat if that were a thing. (And that’s if the Census count is actually accurate.)
And… Continue reading
“Commission on Appellate Court Appointments in Spotlight as Redistricting Fight Nears”
In Arizona, the commission on appellate court appointments is also the screening body for applicants to the state’s independent redistricting commission. And with tomorrow’s deadline on applications to the commission, KJZZ has a story on some of the upstream impact… Continue reading
“Virginia was home to the first gerrymander. It should also be the home of its solution.”
Sam Wang urges the new unilateral Democratic majority in Virginia to follow through on redistricting reform.
“We can’t assume Virginia Democrats will keep their promise on redistricting reform”
The Post’s editorial board laments the potential change of heart after the change in electoral fortunes.
“New York Dems Are Redrawing Congressional Districts and It Could Put Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Out of a Job”
The Daily
Wire ties the census, redistricting, and (perhaps) a bit of wish
fulfillment. They’re not wrong about legislative
leadership use of redistricting to enforce party discipline, though.
It’ll be interesting to see the extent to which New York’s new … Continue reading
New apportionment estimates
Election
Data Services and Polidata have
their new apportionment calculations up, based on the latest year-end Census
estimates – they estimate the congressional seats apportioned to each state if
the Census count follows past trends … and if the count… Continue reading
“’Your Body Being Used’: Where Prisoners Who Can’t Vote Fill Voting Districts”
Hansi Lo Wang with an NPR report on prison
gerrymandering.
I’ve tried
to convince the Census Bureau to change the way it counts people who are
incarcerated, but no national change is coming this decade. States and localities are… Continue reading
“Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission applications mailed out”
Michigan’s new independent commission law requires the Secretary of State to send hundreds of thousands of applications to randomly selected citizens … and the applications are now in the mail.
“Native Americans, the census’ most undercounted racial group, fight for an accurate 2020 tally”
A compelling report on the abundant challenges facing Native Americans seeking an accurate count, and the extraordinary stakes for some of the smaller and more isolated communities.
Partisan gerrymandering and the 2010s
And for David Daley, one of the biggest stories of the decade-in-review is partisan gerrymandering.
I’m shocked – shocked – to find that gambling is going on in here.
A few stories about incumbent government officials weighing the merits of redistricting reform, finding reason to put up the strongest resistance coincidentally right when they unilaterally control the partisan levers of power. In Virginia, it’s Democrats; in Idaho,… Continue reading
“Gerrymandering is alive and well. The coming battle will be bigger than ever.”
And Jane Timm at NBC News previews the 2020 redistricting cycle these partisan fights are about.
“Partisan Gerrymandering—A Continuing Threat”
Jerry Goldfeder and Myrna Perez in the NYLJ.