Category Archives: redistricting

“The Gerrymanderers Are Coming! Legislative Redistricting Won’t Affect Competition or Polarization Much, No Matter Who Does It”

January 25, 2012, 4:36 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Seth E. Masket, Jonathan Winburn, and Gerald C. Wright have written this article for PS. Here is the abstract: Redistricting received substantial attention in the popular media in 2011, as states redrew state legislative and congressional district boundaries. Many reformers… Continue reading

Breaking News: Pa Supreme Court on 4-3 Vote Rejects State Redistricting Plan

January 25, 2012, 3:19 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Howard has the order, dissenting statement, and roundup of the early stories. How long before someone runs to federal court and argues that the state Supreme Court order, by using districts from the last decade, is in violation of the… Continue reading

“Redistricting San Francisco: Assembling the Political Puzzle”

January 25, 2012, 12:35 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

This event will take place Jan 28.

No Bueno

January 25, 2012, 11:41 amredistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Another controversial email in the Texas redistricting case.

Virginia State Court to Consider Whether the Va. Legislature Lost Its Right to Draw Congressional Districts

January 24, 2012, 9:32 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Today a state court in Virginia, issued an opinion in Little v. Va. Board of Elections (a case I had not heard of and one that does not appear to be on Justin’s list of Va. redistricting litigation). State law… Continue reading

Before 2012 lines are done, Texas re-considering re-redrawing 2014 district lines

January 24, 2012, 1:20 pmredistrictingJustin Levitt

Uh-oh. As Michael McDonald and I have discussed, Texas is hardly the only state where re-redrawing lines may be on the menu.

“Judges Make a Rush Request for Redistricting Maps”

January 24, 2012, 8:20 amredistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The Texas Tribune reports.

“Redistricting and Increased Partisanship Fuel House Departures”

January 23, 2012, 9:38 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

NYT‘s “The Caucus” reports.

“Two Primaries in Texas?”

January 23, 2012, 9:14 pmredistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

SCOTUSBlog explains. More from the San Antonio Express News and Texas Redistricting.

“From Baker v. Carr to Bush v. Gore, and Back”

January 23, 2012, 7:32 amelection administration, redistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Nelson Lund has posted this draft on SSRN (Case Western Reserve Law Review). Here is the abstract: This essay advances three propositions. First, Baker v. Carr and its early one person, one vote progeny were wrongly decided. Second, in light… Continue reading

Texas: standards for the San Antonio court

January 22, 2012, 9:49 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtJustin Levitt

As Rick noted in the flurry of posts following Friday’s Supreme Court redistricting decision, the San Antonio three-judge court must now put pen back to paper to come up with three new interim 2012 maps. And it’s been instructed to… Continue reading

“As Closed-Door Redistricting Drags On, Incumbents’ Edge Only Grows”

January 22, 2012, 9:04 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

NYT reports.

“Supreme Court Rorschach Test on Voting Rights”

January 22, 2012, 8:29 pmredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Joan Biskupic blogs on the Texas redistricting decision.

“N.C. Court Denies Motion to Delay Primary”

January 22, 2012, 2:41 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Roll Call: “North Carolina Democrats looking for a court to overturn a Republican-drawn Congressional map took a hit today when a three-judge panel denied their motion to delay the primary, scheduled for May 8.”