Quote of the Day
“[I]f only California had a tax on phony outrage — we could balance the budget.”
Joe Mathews, on the dispute over ProPublica’s report on California’s citizen redistricting commission.
Category Archives: redistricting
“Redistricting Spurs Debate Over Voting Rights Act”
Roll Call reports.
Nate Persily to Draw Connecticut Districts
See here.
“U.S. opposes Texas election maps”
Lyle Denniston reports.
DOJ Files SCOTUS Brief Mostly Supporting District Court Interim Maps in Texas Redistricting Case
You can read the brief here. (Texas redistricting has all the amicus briefs filed so far here.) As I expected, DOJ (and soon the respondents) make much of the D.C. Circuit’s recent opinion denying preclearance of the… Continue reading
“Redistricting Report Roils California Politics”
Politico reports.
“Special hearing set for redistricting writ petition”
News from California: “The Supreme Court has scheduled a special January 10 oral argument for the Redistricting writ petition. It’s been only 19 days since the court agreed to decide the petition and set an “extremely expedited briefing schedule”… Continue reading
“New Washington map creates competitive district”
The Fix reports.
“D.C. panel issues decision defining preclearance standards”
This item appears at the Kuff’s World blog of the Houston Chronicle.
“Press round up: Preclearance, the future of section 5 & more”
Here, at Texas Redistricting.
“Did California Dems game redistricting?”
That’s today’s question at Politico’s Arena.
MD Redistricting Case Approves Districts, Adjustment for Incarcerated Population
And the pre-Christmas news keeps coming. (h/t Howard Gorrell)
A three-judge federal court just granted summary judgment, upholding the Maryland congressional districts against one challenge (there’s an additional challenge in federal court, and two others in state court; more… Continue reading
“Gov.’s office: Justice Department approves new Ga. political maps for Congress, state races”
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.
“GOP wins N.J. congressional redistricting battle”
NJ.com: “In a 7-6 vote, Farmer cast his lot with the Republicans’ map because, he said, it preserves two minority districts while creating opportunities for minority candidates in two others; is more compact than the previous map; has equal… Continue reading