“Scientists: Florida’s congressional map is ‘partisan gerrymander'”
Some choice quotes from political scientists on the bias of the Florida maps.
Category Archives: redistricting
“Take this quiz and see if you can pick the ‘gerrymandered’ redistricting plan”
This is fun from The Monkey Cage.
To mangle Justice O’Connor, “Put differently, we believe that reapportionment is one area in which appearances [shouldn’t] matter.”
“Should bipartisan/nonpartisan committees redraw districts? An example from the midwest”
Interesting post at Explaining Elections.
“Get your geek on: Florida’s redistricting trial could hinge on (gasp!) statistics”
“Liberal donors eye new long-term investments in states and new voters to boost Democrats”
WaPo:
A group of wealthy liberal donors who helped bankroll the Center for American Progress and other major advocacy groups on the left is developing a new big-money strategy that could boost state-level Democratic candidates and mobilize core party… Continue reading
“Federal panel upholds Arizona legislative map”
Gannett:
A divided federal court has upheld the legislative map drawn by the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, removing any question about which districts candidates would run in this year.
The 2-1 decision by a federal panel came 13 months… Continue reading
“State redistricting lawsuits get political”
Tampa Tribune:
Court documents and emails that are part of the redistricting lawsuit show that the map was drawn and paid for by Democratic consultants in consultation with the Florida Democratic Party, which is no longer involved in the… Continue reading
Justice Stevens Especially Unconvincing About His Partisan Gerrymandering Amendment
In my Daily Beast review of Justice Stevens new book, Six Amendments, I was pretty tough on Justice Stevens. I focused on campaign finance, but there are problems throughout the book on questions of drafting of the amendments and… Continue reading
Watch Justice Stevens’ ABC interview About “Six Amendments”
Harvard Law and Policy Review Publishes Symposium Issue: Elections In America
Volume 8-1 of the HLPR.
Symposium: Elections in America
Foreword, Congressman John P. Sarbanes & Raymond O’Mara III
Three Wrong Progressive Approaches (and One Right One) to Campaign Finance Reform, Richard L. Hasen
Free at Last: Rejecting … Continue reading
“The GOP advantage: Geography or gerrymandering?”
“Foxes, Henhouses, and Commissions: Assessing the Nonpartisan Model in Election Administration, Redistricting, and Campaign Finance”
The UC Irvine Law Review has just posted the papers from a symposium I organized a year ago September. Here is the full set of excellent papers, which follow my (less excellent) Introduction.
Volume 3: Issue No. 3 • August … Continue reading
1/3 of Justice Stevens’ Proposed Constitutional Amendments Concern Election Law
Josh Blackman lists the Six Amendments from Justice Stevens forthcoming book and two involve election law:
Political Gerrymandering – Districts represented by members of Congress, or by members of any state legislative body, shall be compact and composed of… Continue reading