“Suit v. Ariz. Congressional Map Partially Tossed”
News from Arizona.
Category Archives: redistricting
“New York’s Proposed Council Map Is Called Unfair to Minority Groups”
News Roundup of West Virginia Redistricting Decision from SCOTUS
SCOTUSBlog: “Yesterday the Court also issued an unsigned ruling in Tennant v. Jefferson County Commission, a West Virginia congressional redistricting case in which the Court held that the three-judge district court was wrong to require that there be virtually… Continue reading
Interesting Opinion Rejecting VRA Section 2 Liability Involving Arkansas Senate District
I have posted the opinion in Jeffers v. Beebe here. The case concerns how large the BVAP has to be to avoid section 2 liability.
Thanks to a reader for passing this along.
Supreme Court Unanimously Loosens Congressional Redistricting Standards a Bit in West Virginia Case
You can find the unanimous per curiam decision appended to this order list.
The upshot is that very small deviations in the population of congressional districts may be justified by legitimate state interests, such as keeping political subdivisions together and… Continue reading
Three Election Law Pieces in The Atlantic
The Ballot Cops (on True the Vote)
The New Price of American Politics (on campaign finance)
The League of Dangerous Mapmaking (on redistricting)
New Jersey Appellate Court Rejects Challenges to State Redistricting Plans
You can read the opinion here.
Supreme Court, Without Dissent, Denies LULAC’s Emergency Redistricting Motion Out of Texas
“U.S. Justice Department approves Mississippi’s legislative redistricting plan”
“Test-driving California’s Election Reforms”
PPIC has issued this report by Eric McGee and Daniel Krimm. Here is the summary:
In the June 2012 primary, California tested two important electoral changes: new legislative and congressional districts drawn by an independent citizens commission and a “top… Continue reading
“Simpson Joins Criticism of House Redistricting”
Texas Tribune: “State Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer picked up an unlikely ally Friday after accusing top House staffers of taking part in discriminatory conduct that got the Legislature’s redistricting maps thrown out by federal judges. Fellow Rep. David Simpson… Continue reading
“Straus pressed to end redistricting fight”
The latest from Texas.
“Rights group asks court to stop Texas voting map”
AP: “A Latino civil rights group is asking the Supreme Court to stop Texas from using congressional districts drawn by a lower federal court in the November election because they discriminate against minorities.”
I give this petition very little… Continue reading
“Redistricting In the Post-2010 Cycle: Lessons Learned?”
Gerry Hebert and Megan McAllen have this post on the CLC Blog.