Category Archives: redistricting

“Judges pick new congressional map for Virginia”

January 7, 2016, 5:22 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

AP: A federal court has picked a new congressional map for Virginia that significantly changes the racial makeup of two districts, but could be overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court. A three-judge panel on Thursday ordered the state to… Continue reading

Key Election Law/Voting Rights/Campaign Finance Litigation to Watch in 2016

January 4, 2016, 8:15 amcampaign finance, election administration, redistricting, Supreme Court, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

[Bumping to the top for the new year.] I expect a lot of litigation over election issues in 2016, including emergency last minute litigation making it to the Supreme Court as part of what Will Baude calls the Supreme Court’s… Continue reading

“The Next Big Voting-Rights Fight”

December 31, 2015, 1:58 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Emily Bazelon and Jim Rutenberg discuss the Evenwel case at the New York Times Magazine, as part of their “Disenfranchised” Series. Thanks to them for linking to a couple of my posts on this “one person, one vote” case.

“Judge approves voting rights’ groups remap of Florida Senate”

December 30, 2015, 11:29 amredistrictingRick Hasen

The Miami Herald reports: A judge on Wednesday approved a new map of Florida’s 40 Senate districts drawn by a coalition of voting rights groups, dealing yet another political and legal setback to the Republican-controlled Legislature.

“Rep. Brown plans court battle over redistricting”

December 22, 2015, 5:31 pmredistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The latest from Fla.

“Ohio Governor John Kasich Voices Support for Redistricting Reform”

December 22, 2015, 5:30 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

See here.

“Colorado redistricting reform effort splits Democrats”

December 22, 2015, 5:28 pmcitizen commissions, redistrictingRick Hasen

Durango Herald: A proposed ballot question that would change congressional redistricting in Colorado is being rewritten to address concerns raised by black and Latino voters. The bipartisan proposal has caused a bit of a rift within the Colorado Democratic… Continue reading

Election Data Services Releases New Congressional Apportionment Study

December 22, 2015, 3:04 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Which states shall gain, and which shall lose, in the next round of congressional apportionment? (If current trends hold.)

Divided NC Supreme Court, on Remand from SCOTUS, Again Rejects Racial Gerrymandering Claims to NC Redistricting

December 18, 2015, 9:21 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

You can find 129 pages of opinions here. I expect a cert. petition.

Breaking: WI Partisan Gerrymandering Claim Survives Motion to Dismiss

December 17, 2015, 3:04 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

A partisan gerrymandering claim challenging Wisconsin’s redistricting of its general assembly has survived a motion to dismiss before a three-judge federal court. This is a bigger deal than might first appear. The state of play in partisan gerrymandering claims is… Continue reading

“Evenwel, Equal Representation Depends on Justice Kennedy”

December 16, 2015, 11:03 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Kathay Feng blogs.

“The New Federal Analogy: Evenwel v. Abbott and the History of Congressional Apportionment”

December 16, 2015, 7:13 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Thomas Berry has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, NYU Journal of Law and Liberty). Here is the abstract: Since the 1964 case of Reynolds v. Sims, states have been constitutionally required under the Equal Protection Clause to draw their… Continue reading

“Realizing the Right to Vote: The Story of Thornburg v. Gingles”

December 15, 2015, 6:16 amredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Dan Tokaji has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Election Law Stories). Here is the abstract; Justice William Brennan’s opinion in Thornburg v. Gingles is among the most consequential and enduring in the election law canon. Gingles established a three-part… Continue reading