Deep dive on Arizona redistricting this cycle
From Carrie Levine at the Center for Public Integrity.
Category Archives: redistricting
Good morning. Georgia on my mind.
Thanks, Dan, we so miss you at Ohio State, but are glad to reconnect whenever there’s an opportunity. Thanks, Rick, for this opportunity to join the ELB blogging team.
As I start, the Senate Rules Committee hearing today is top… Continue reading
“Wisconsin Supreme Court for now reinstates redistricting lawyers for Republican legislators”
From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, on opening salvos in the long battles to come:
The Wisconsin Supreme Court for the time being reinstated the redistricting attorneys for Republican state lawmakers late Thursday in a decision that divided the justices… Continue reading
“By the numbers: Voting, redistricting wars fought in least-white states”
Axios: “Texas, Georgia, Florida and Arizona have been at the center of a partisan war over voting rules that could impact voters of color — they’re also among the top 10 states with the lowest percentage of white residents.”
“With Record 2020 Turnout, Youth Activists Turn Their Energy To 2021 Redistricting”
NPR:
Across the country, the once-a-decade mapmaking process known as redistricting is about to get underway. In Georgia, when state lawmakers held their first virtual town hall seeking public feedback on the process, several commenters stood out amidst the… Continue reading
Nationwide preclearance for congressional elections
For my inaugural post as part of ELB’s new format (and I’m honored to be on board–thanks, Rick), here’s a new Washington Post column. Given Brnovich, it proposes nationwide preclearance but limited to congressional elections as a way to… Continue reading
“Lawsuit Seeks Three-in-a-Row Elections for Virginia House of Delegates”
NPR:
Candidates for Virginia’s House of Delegates could face three-in-a-row elections from 2021 to 2023 if judges agree with a lawsuit filed in federal court last week.The complaint from Richmond attorney Paul Goldman argues the state would violate portion… Continue reading
Analysis of the federal court challenge to Illinois’s redistricting plan
Dean Vik Amar and Professor Jason Mazzone, both of the University of Illinois, have a two part series (one, two) at Justia’s “Verdict” on McConchie v. Illinois State Board of Elections, a challenge to Illinois’s redistricting … Continue reading
“The University of Michigan Guide to Gerrymandering”
Former Michigan Supreme Court justice Stephen Markman recently published this op-ed in the Wall Street Journal on proposals around Michigan’s redistricting process. It begins:
Michigan is on the verge of adopting what proponents describe as a “new theory of representation,”… Continue reading
“How Democrats are ‘unilaterally disarming’ in the redistricting wars”
Politico:
In a surprise that left Democrats from Salem to Washington baffled and angry, the state House speaker handed the GOP an effective veto over the districts in exchange for a pledge to stop stymieing her legislative agenda with delay… Continue reading
Joe Manchin and Computer Models
Joe Manchin’s memo outlining his views on the For the People Act includes the following policy that he supports: “Ban partisan gerrymandering and use computer models.” In light of Manchin’s centrality to the legislative process, it’s worth unpacking how computer… Continue reading
“Is Gerrymandering About to Become More Difficult?”
Zack Stanton for Politico:
For the past five years, Duchin has led Tufts’ Metric Geometry and Gerrymandering Group, a lab that has quietly upended conventional wisdom about how gerrymandering works by approaching the issue less as a political problem than… Continue reading
“Democratic maps pit Republican lawmakers against each other in fights for political survival. GOP rips the plan as ‘kindergartner’s artwork.’”
More on the redistricting maps just released from the Illinois legislature for state legislative districts. From the Chicago Tribune:
New state legislative boundaries proposed by Democrats would further cement the party’s dominance in Springfield by using a declining downstate population… Continue reading
The Draft Plan for IL’s State Districts
As a follow-up to Nick’s post on the tradeoff between drawing reasonably compact districts and lowering the efficiency gap in a state like Illinois, this image of the districts in and around Chicago helps illustrate the district shapes the Democrats… Continue reading