“DOJ Redistricting Point Man: No Magic Formula” October 11, 2011, 7:51 amDepartment of Justice, redistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen Roll Call interviews Tom Perez.
“Name That District contest: Maryland’s 3rd “ October 10, 2011, 1:43 pmredistrictingRick Hasen The Fix reports.
“California redistricting means many lawmakers might move” October 10, 2011, 7:29 amredistrictingRick Hasen The Sacramento Bee reports.
Getting Ugly in AZ Redistricting October 7, 2011, 3:20 pmredistrictingRick Hasen AZ Dems file public-records request into Horne’s partisan investigation of redistricting panel.
“Berman-Sherman battle is one Democrats would rather not have” October 6, 2011, 10:32 pmcitizen commissions, redistrictingRick Hasen The LA Times reports, with the subhead: “New voting maps, drawn for the first time by a citizens panel instead of by lawmakers, melded Rep. Howard Berman’s San Fernando Valley district with that of Rep. Brad Sherman, also a… Continue reading
“Brewer, other GOP officials critical of redistricting map” October 6, 2011, 9:16 pmredistrictingRick Hasen The Arizona Daily Star reports.
Georgia Going to Court over Its Redistricting Maps October 6, 2011, 3:31 pmDepartment of Justice, redistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen See here.
“Groups propose ‘unity map’ for NYC redistricting” October 6, 2011, 3:28 pmredistrictingRick Hasen WSJ reports. Maps here.
“The Need for State Redistricting Reform To Rein in Partisan Gerrymandering” October 6, 2011, 8:16 amredistrictingRick Hasen Gerry Hebert and Marina Jenkins have written this article for the Yale Law and Policy Review.
“Redistricting draft map in Arizona favors Democrats” October 4, 2011, 2:09 pmcitizen commissions, redistrictingRick Hasen The Fix reports.
“GOP gets head start in races; New legislative map leaves few competitive districts” October 3, 2011, 8:03 amredistrictingRick Hasen The Cincinnati Enquirer reports.
Nicholaus Stephanopoulos Guest Blogging This Week October 2, 2011, 6:44 pmredistrictingRick Hasen I’m delighted to report that Nick Stephanopoulos will be guest blogging this week about his forthcoming Harvard Law Review article, Spatial Diversity. As I earlier commented, it is rare to read a paper, such as this one, which… Continue reading
“O’Malley, Dems aim to use Md. as ‘weapon’ in redistricting fight for U.S. House” October 2, 2011, 11:26 amredistrictingRick Hasen WaPo reports.
“GOP-dominated board OKs new legislative districts” October 1, 2011, 2:11 pmredistrictingRick Hasen News from Ohio.