Category Archives: redistricting

“‘Worth the Investment:’ Memos Reveal the Scope and Racial Animus of GOP Gerrymandering Ambitions”

September 27, 2019, 3:53 pmredistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

David Daley with the latest from the Hofeller files: IN COURT AND IN PUBLIC, many top Republicans have denied gerrymandering gives them any advantage at all. They’ve captured state legislatures and won an edge in Congress, some have suggested, due… Continue reading

“Common Cause files objection against new NC House districts adopted by legislature, asks court to redraw districts in question”

September 27, 2019, 3:18 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Release.

Democrats File New Lawsuit Challenging North Carolina Congressional Districts as Unconstitutional Partisan Gerrymandering Under the State Constitution; Too Late?

September 27, 2019, 9:56 amredistrictingRick Hasen

You can find the complaint here. Here is what I wrote when a three-judge state court struck state legislative districts as a partisan gerrymander: First, it is not clear that there is enough time to bring such a challenge… Continue reading

“A Dead Man’s Hard Drive Is the ‘Most Perfect’ Example of White Supremacy in Our Lifetime”

September 26, 2019, 8:00 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Michael Harriott for The Root on the Hofeller Files.

“Thomas Hofeller and GOP strategists experimented with using race as the primary factor in drawing districts in Alabama, Florida, and West Virginia.”

September 23, 2019, 5:59 pmchicanery, redistrictingRick Hasen

More revelations from David Daley.

“New maps would still give GOP disproportionate power in NC legislature, analysts say”

September 19, 2019, 9:43 amredistrictingRick Hasen

News and Observer reports.

“NC Senate passes new political maps. Democrats are divided in their support.”

September 16, 2019, 8:52 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

News and Observer: Raleigh Sen. Dan Blue, the top Democrat, vouched for the maps as well as Hise. Blue, a former N.C. Speaker of the House, has been involved in numerous redistricting efforts in past decades in North Carolina and… Continue reading

“New Report Highlights Arizona as a Model for Redistricting Reform Nationwide”

September 16, 2019, 8:33 pmcitizen commissions, redistrictingRick Hasen

Ash Center: Today, the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, a research center at Harvard Kennedy School released “The Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission: One State’s Model for Gerrymandering Reform,” a new report detailing the lessons learned from… Continue reading

“A Surprise Vote, Thrown Phone And Partisan ‘Mistrust’ Roil N.C. As Maps Are Redrawn”

September 16, 2019, 6:55 amredistrictingRick Hasen

NPR: Despite the assertions of Senate leaders, there remains some skepticism about whether the court will agree to enact the maps the legislature approves.Stanford University professor and election law expert Nathaniel Persily was appointed Friday to help the court… Continue reading

Nate Persily Appointed as Referee in North Carolina State Partisan Gerrymandering Case: What It Means

September 13, 2019, 9:50 amredistrictingRick Hasen

The three-judge state court which found North Carolina’s legislative districts to be unconstitutional partisan gerrymanders under that state’s constitution has appointed Stanford professor Nate Persily as the referee/special master in the case. This means that Persily at the least… Continue reading

“Instead of Fixing Their Gerrymander, North Carolina Republicans Are Trolling the Court”

September 10, 2019, 3:06 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Mark Joseph Stern for Slate.

Deep Dive: “How a decade of voting rights fights led to fewer redistricting safeguards for Texas voters of color”

September 10, 2019, 10:19 amredistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Worth your time from Alexa Ura.

“The Worst Partisan Gerrymanders in U.S. State Legislatures”

September 9, 2019, 1:11 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

New report from the Schwarzenegger Institute. Executive summary:

“Michigan has a smart idea for fixing gerrymandering. Conservatives want to crush it.”

September 9, 2019, 8:24 amredistrictingRick Hasen

I have written this piece for Vox. It begins: Reformers hoping to rein in partisan gerrymandering have a big idea that’s caught on in several states: handing the redistricting power over to an independent commission, rather than politicians in the… Continue reading

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