Category Archives: redistricting

More on Ohio Redistricting Reform Proposal

December 7, 2014, 6:14 amredistrictingDan Tokaji

This story in the Columbus Dispatch includes my thoughts on the proposal that the state house approved Thursday on a bipartisan vote. It’s unclear what the state senate will do.

Ohio House Passes Bipartisan Redistricting Reform Bill

December 4, 2014, 8:48 pmredistrictingDan Tokaji

I have the good fortune to start my week of guest blogging for Rick on the night of a significant redistricting development in my state, where election law wonders never cease. The Cleveland Plain Dealer has this report and the… Continue reading

Good News: Brennan Center Redistricting Newsletter with Michael Li on the Way

December 4, 2014, 1:56 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Via email from the Brennan Center: “Starting next week, the Brennan Center will launch a monthly newsletter covering redistricting. The newsletter will include all the latest news from legislatures and courtrooms as well as pertinent developments across the country. To… Continue reading

“The Pernicious Effects of Gerrymandering”

December 3, 2014, 8:05 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Norm Ornstein on the Arizona case coming to SCOTUS.

Judge Posner on the Drafting History of Gray v. Sanders

December 3, 2014, 8:16 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

From Ron Collins’ great Posner on Posner series: Professor Robert M. O’Neil: Perhaps your most remarkable contribution as a Supreme Court clerk for Justice William Brennan was the total change in the status of Gray v. Sanders (1963). You… Continue reading

Paul Clement Brief for Arizona in SCOTUS Redistricting Case Filed

December 2, 2014, 2:29 pmcitizen commissions, Elections Clause, redistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Here.

“If The Supreme Court Reads This Study, It Could End Partisan Gerrymandering Forever”

December 2, 2014, 8:10 amredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Ian Millhiser writes. I was surprised to see no mention of Voting Rights Act requirements in drawing these districts.

“Making Ohio’s Electoral System a National Model”

November 25, 2014, 12:47 pmelection administration, redistricting, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Dec. 10 Bipartisan Policy Institute event at Ohio State: Ohio is at the epicenter of electoral policy discussions in the United States. Over the next two years, Ohio will again engage in debates about redistricting reform, early voting, voter registration… Continue reading

“Republicans go head-to-head on redistricting reform”

November 24, 2014, 3:45 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

A complicated picture in Ohio.

“Editorial: Fix This Ridiculous Map”

November 23, 2014, 4:41 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

The Cincinnati Enquirer reports.

“Gerrymandering is a Texas tradition whose time has come and gone”

November 23, 2014, 4:39 pmcitizen commissions, redistrictingRick Hasen

Michael Li oped.

“Exclusive: new emails reveal efforts to redraw Florida political lines to favor Republicans”

November 23, 2014, 3:23 pmredistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Naples Daily News: More than 500-pages of emails kept secret during an ongoing redistricting legal battle shed light on the behind-the-scene efforts by a handful of GOP political consultants to influence Florida’s political lines, according to documents obtained by the… Continue reading