Announcement: he California Citizens Redistricting Commission (Commission) seeks a Chief Counsel with demonstrated experience and expertise in implementation and enforcement of Administrative or Constitutional law, combined with the background and knowledge to support the Commission’s redistricting mission.  The applicant should… Continue reading

Tom Edsall NYT column on the upcoming round of redistricting and concerns about voter suppression: All of the above suggests that continued Democratic control of the House in 2022 and 2024 may hinge on passage of HR1 — the For … Continue reading

Dan Morain WaPo oped.

Politico: Days after the 2020 election, House Democrats convened to address some of the party’s most surprising losses, and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chair Cheri Bustos name-checked one in particular: Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, a freshman from South Florida.Party data missed… Continue reading

Nicholas Riccardi for AP: In the name of fairness, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his Democratic allies once welcomed the creation of a nonpartisan redistricting commission that would redraw congressional maps free of political influence and avoid contorted gerrymandering.But… Continue reading

Mike Parsons for the Harvard Law Review Blog.

NYT: With the election over and Democrats in control of the White House and both chambers of Congress, officials in both parties are bracing for a bruising new battle with a different balance of power: the redrawing of congressional maps,… Continue reading

Jeff Zalesin at Yale Law Journal Forum. Abstract: The Constitution requires legislative redistricting plans to have approximately equal populations in each district. But no one knows exactly how many people live in any district, because census data are never fully… Continue reading