Category Archives: redistricting
“Legislators plan to return for redistricting session on Thursday”
Miami Herald:
Facing an Aug. 15 deadline, Florida legislative leaders will announce Monday that they will bring lawmakers back for a week-long special session on Thursday, Aug. 7, to revise the congressional redistricting map declared invalid by a judge.… Continue reading
“Florida judge takes on gerrymandering; sets stage for Supreme Court cases in fall”
Bob Barnes reports for WaPo.
“Special session ordered for new Florida voting map”
AP: “A Florida judge is ordering legislators to hold a special session to draw up a new state congressional map after the original one was ruled illegal.”
“Judge ‘skeptical’ he can delay election with unconstitutional map”
Orlando Sentinel:
Facing a looming electoral deadline, a judge said Thursday he was “extremely skeptical” he could delay elections this fall using Central Florida’s illegally drawn congressional maps.
Instead, Leon County Circuit Judge Terry Lewis said he would make a… Continue reading
“Groups ask to move Florida election, draw new map”
AP: “A Florida judge is being asked to move this year’s election dates — including postponing next month’s primary — in order to draw up new congressional districts for the state.”
“Partisan Gerrymandering and the Efficiency Gap”
Nick Stephanopoulos and Eric McGhee has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming University of Chicago Law Review). Here is the abstract:
The usual legal story about partisan gerrymandering is relentlessly pessimistic. The courts did not even recognize the cause of… Continue reading
Judge Lewis Did Not Focus on 2014 Maps in FL Redistricting Case Because He Expected Appeal
“Establishment of the 2020 Census Redistricting Data Program”
“Florida Déjà Voodoo; Why there is no reform that could be better for progressives than redistricting reform.”
Ron Klain writes for Slate.