“Playing the Inmate Card Skews Redistricting”
The Texas Tribune reports.
Category Archives: redistricting
“Federal Court to Texas Election Officials: Wait”
The Texas Tribune reports. “According to the Texas Election Code, any changes that must be made in the county election precinct boundaries ‘to give effect to a redistricting plan’ must be finalized by October 1, 2011…Because the redistricting plans… Continue reading
Why Did Supervisor Mark Ridley Thomas Change His Vote and Approve a Redistricting Plan for LA County without a Second Majority Latino District?
He probably thought he’d have better luck getting the courts to create such a district when MALDEF challenges the Knabe plan than rolling the dice on a districting plan by LA Dist. Atty. Steve Cooley, Sheriff Lee Baca and Assessor… Continue reading
“Many black members of Congress targeted in new districts”
The Fix reports.
“Dems may sue over GOP remap”
News from Ohio.
“Giving redistricting a little respect; The L.A. County Board of Supervisors needs to set aside politics and to the right thing — draw new boundaries that reflect the population.”
The LA Times offers this editorial.
“DOJ: Rick Perry’s Texas Redistricting Plan Purposefully Discriminated Against Minorities”
TPM: “The Justice Department said late Friday that based on their preliminary investigation, a congressional redistricting map signed into law by Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry appears to have been “at least in part, for the purpose of diminishing… Continue reading
“Democrats Forced to Face Issue of Race”
Roll Call: “House Democrats could endure an unprecedented number of primaries this cycle that pit white and black Members against each other thanks to redistricting.”
“The Most Gerrymandered Districts of 2011”
The Fix reports.
“The Hidden Hands in Redistricting: Corporations and Other Powerful Interests”
A must-read ProPublica report.
“Experts: Ohio political map tactic likely wrong”
AP reports.
“Democratic Illinois Trio Voices Ire Over Map”
Roll Call: “Democrats hailed Illinois’ new Congressional map as a work of redistricting art earlier this year, but now the three black Democrats in the delegation are raising serious objections.”
“Department of Justice to fight Texas redistricting map “
The Fix reports.
Is Redistricting to Blame for Democratic Election Woes?
An interesting perspective in the Boston Review.