“U.S. judge upholds Florida “Fair District” law voters approved in November”
Breaking news from Florida. If anyone has a copy of the opinion, please send it along and I will post.
UPDATE: Here is the opinion (via Richard Winger).
Category Archives: redistricting
“Horne: Redistricting commissioner claims chairwoman destroyed documents”
AzCapitolTimes reports.
“Redistricting Trial Begins Tuesday”
“Arizona Redistricting Panel Is Under Attack, Even Before Its Work Is Done”
This must-read NYT report suggests the difficulties of using “nonpartisan” administration in these very partisan times.
“New HNBA Redistricting Guide Promotes Latino Voting Rights”
This press release begins:
Today the Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA) released a new online guide for lawyers seeking to preserve and promote Latino voting rights during the 2011 redistricting cycle.
The resource, the HNBA Guide to Redistricting: Preserving… Continue reading
“Latino leaders pessimistic about new Latino districts”
The Fix reports.
Berman-Sherman Meets Top-Two
This is my congressional district (assuming the lines from the Commission stand) and this should be a lot of fun to observe.
“Redistricting Maps Bound for DC”
Georgia on my mind.
“Illinois congressional Democrats told: Pony up for remap lawyers”
The Chicago Sun-Times reports.
Breaking News: State Court Rejects Challenge to New Jersey Redistricting
You can read the opinion rejecting ten counts under the U.S. and New Jersey constitutions at this link.
“California’s redistricting, by 14 citizens; I’m proud that we were able to eliminate partisan gerrymandering and draw 177 districts for the state Assembly and Senate, Board of Equalization and Congress on time and under budget.”
Cynthia Dal has written this LA Times oped.
“Legal Defense Fund Applauds Legislation Ending Prison-Based Gerrymandering in California”
See this press release.
“Redistricting could cost California some clout in Washington”
The LA Times reports.
“Spatial Diversity”
Nick Stephanopoulos has posted this draft on SSRN (Harvard Law Review). Here is the abstract:
Why do Supreme Court opinions denounce some districts as political gerrymanders but say nothing about other superficially similar districts? Why does the Court deem some… Continue reading