“The imminent impact of redistricting: sharper partisan elbows, less compromise by both sides in the House”
Colby Itkowitz WaPo column.
Category Archives: redistricting
“Va. Redistricting Commission implodes as Republicans reject compromise and Democrats walk out”
“Wisconsin Republicans have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt a redistricting case”
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Republican state lawmakers Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to throw out a redistricting lawsuit before a panel of federal judges, saying the matter should instead be considered by Wisconsin’s high court.The move comes two days… Continue reading
CA Supreme Court Uses Unusual Procedure to Extend California Redistricting Commission Headlines
At the Lectern:
The Supreme Court today granted in part the Citizens Redistricting Commission motion, filed a month ago, to further extend the constitutional and statutory deadlines to release for public comment and to then certify and approve… Continue reading
“Redistricting: Working with Census Data”
“Delayed Maps Upend Midterm Campaigns”
Axios reports.
“New redistricting commissions splinter along partisan lines”
AP:
When voters in some states created new commissions to handle the politically thorny process of redistricting, the hope was that the bipartisan panelists could work together to draw new voting districts free of partisan gerrymandering.Instead, cooperation has proved elusive.In… Continue reading
“Gerrylaundering”
Rob Yablon has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
As they carry out their decennial redistricting duties, those in power sometimes audaciously manipulate district lines to secure an electoral advantage. In other words, they gerrymander. Often, however,… Continue reading
“New York Will Soon Lose 1 House Seat. The G.O.P. Might Lose 5.”
NYT:
Seven years ago, New Yorkers voted decisively to empower a new bipartisan commission to do what self-interested politicians could not: draw new congressional district lines that were not gerrymandered to favor a particular party.But as the panel prepares… Continue reading
Minimal disruption in Iowa redistricting plan despite delayed Census data
The Iowa Constitution requires the legislature to enact redistricting maps by September 15. That date will come and go given the delayed release of Census data. The first map from Iowa’s nonpartisan Legislative Services Agency (unique and widely praised)… Continue reading
“Revised Democratic voting bill drops controversial provisions, tweaks others as pressure for action mounts”
WaPo:
A group of Democratic senators — including key centrist Joe Manchin III of West Virginia — introduced a pared-down voting rights, campaign finance and government ethics bill Tuesday in hopes of building momentum for its passage through a closely… Continue reading
Governor Wolf Creates Redistricting Advisory Council to Help Evaluate Fairness in Upcoming Congressional Redistricting Map
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced the creation of a Redistricting Advisory Council as part of his commitment to a fair and transparent redistricting process that will involve the public. The Advisory Council has been tasked with: reviewing the processes in… Continue reading
Michael McDonald: “Powering the Public to Draw and Evaluate Redistricting Plans”
The following is a guest post from Michael McDonald about his important project:
With the release of the Census Bureau’s redistricting data, redistricting is now upon us.
A number of organizations have been working on data and technology in anticipation… Continue reading
“Can Social Science Evidence Be Trusted in Voting Rights Litigation? Ascertaining Whether a Minority Community Will Have an Equal Opportunity to Elect a Candidate of its Choice in a Given Legislative or Congressional District”
Bernie Grofman, Lisa Handley and David Lublin have posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
We address recent skepticism by Chief Justice Roberts about the usefulness of social science tools of analysis in litigation about redistricting. Limiting our… Continue reading