I Spoke with Dahlia Lithwick for Slate Amicus Podcast on the Risks to the Voting Rights Act at the Supreme Court and the Emerging Redistricting Wars
Slate Plus listeners can find the podcast here.
Category Archives: redistricting
“Millions of dollars in special-election redistricting TV ads scheduled to start airing Tuesday”
LA Times:
Millions of dollars worth of political TV ads are expected to start airing Tuesday in an effort to sway Californians on a November ballot measure seeking to send more Democrats to Congress and counter President Trump and the… Continue reading
Missouri: “Kehoe calls lawmakers to redraw congressional map, make it harder to amend constitution”
St. Louis Post Dispatch:
After weeks of internal talks and a pressure campaign by President Donald Trump, Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe on Friday called lawmakers into a special session beginning next week to redraw the state’s congressional maps.
With a… Continue reading
“Abbott Signs Gerrymandered Map as Texas G.O.P. Moves Further Right”
NYT:
Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas signed into law on Friday a newly gerrymandered map for Texas’ U.S. House districts, openly declaring that the state’s congressional delegation would soon be more Republican.
The redistricting push has triggered a scramble in… Continue reading
“Utah to proceed with redrawing map that could help Dems, despite pressure from Trump”
WaPo:
Republican leaders of the Utah Legislature said Thursday they would follow a court order to redraw the state’s congressional map — which could help Democrats — even as President Donald Trump pressures them to shut the opposition party out.… Continue reading
California Supreme Court, Over No Noted Dissents, Will Allow Special Election over California Redistricting to Go Forward; There Will Likely Be Post Election Challenges to the Redistricting If the Measure Passes
Details via At the Lectern.
“Fresh off Texas Senate’s approval, new congressional map is target of lawsuits”
Texas Tribune:
Hours after the Texas Senate approved a new congressional map early Saturday morning that more heavily favors Republicans — legislation Gov. Greg Abbott plans to “swiftly” sign into law — a lawsuit against the governor was filed, alleging… Continue reading
“Trump privately pushed top state lawmakers to redistrict”
WaPo:
President Donald Trump privately pushed Indiana’s top GOPlawmakers to redraw their state’s congressional maps this week, while outside allies lodged a pressure campaign, part of an increasingly urgent effort to help Republicans preserve their narrow majority in next year’s… Continue reading
“Judge rules Utah’s congressional map must be redrawn for the 2026 elections”
AP:
The Utah Legislature will need to rapidly redraw the state’s congressional boundaries after a judge ruled Monday that the Republican-controlled body circumvented safeguards put in place by voters to ensure districts aren’t drawn to favor any party.
The… Continue reading
California: “Republicans again ask Supreme Court to stop Democratic redistricting”
At the Lectern:
California Republicans today filed a second writ petition — Sanchez v. Weber — in the Supreme Court seeking to prevent the electorate from voting in November to temporarily redraw the state’s congressional districts.
The court denied … Continue reading
“District Populations and Partisan Bias”
Barry Burden and Veronica Judson have written this article for Legislative Studies Quarterly. Here is the abstract:
We investigate whether the differing population sizes of legislative districts affect the ability to engage in partisan gerrymandering. We conjecture that larger populations… Continue reading
“How California bluffed its way into a redistricting war with Trump”
Politico:
When word got out that Texas might undertake an extraordinary mid-decade redistricting at Donald Trump’s behest, a handful of top California Democratic operatives floated an idea to Rep. Zoe Lofgren: Could California respond in kind?
Lofgren, the chair of… Continue reading
“A Texas County Cuts Over 100 Polling Sites as Trump Attacks Mail-In Voting Nationally”
Pro Publica:
Officials in a large North Texas county decided this week to cut more than 100 Election Day polling sites and reduce the number of early voting locations, amid growing concern about GOP efforts to limit voting access ahead… Continue reading
“Red vs. Blue: Who’s Next in the Redistricting Fight”
WSJ:
While both Texas and California are seeking to flip five seats, other states have fewer seats to target. Shawn Donahue, a political-science professor at the University at Buffalo, predicts Republicans would pick up four to six of House seats nationwide… Continue reading