Category Archives: redistricting

“The Consequences of Consequentialist Criteria”

March 10, 2013, 12:38 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Nick Stephanopoulos has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming UC Irvine Law Review). Here is the abstract: The two most significant approaches to redistricting to emerge in the last generation are both consequentialist. That is, they both urge authorities to… Continue reading

“Federal panel opens GOP computers in Wisconsin redistricting case”

February 26, 2013, 8:06 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: “A federal court gave groups suing the state broad access Monday to three computers used by the Legislature to develop Republican-friendly voting maps. The Legislature ‘must make these three computers available in their entirety immediately’ to the… Continue reading

“Redistricting didn’t win Republicans the House”

February 17, 2013, 2:51 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

John Sides and Eric McGhee: Neuroscientist and election forecaster Sam Wang recently added fuel to the fire, calling the 2012 outcome “The Great Gerrymander.” He identified 10 states, most of them controlled by Republicans, as notable and egregious deviations… Continue reading

“Texas redistricting appeal likely on hold at Supreme Court”

February 16, 2013, 8:56 pmredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The San Antonio Express-News reports.

“California and the Limits of Independent Redistricting Commissions with Winner-Take-All”

February 15, 2013, 4:13 pmalternative voting systems, citizen commissions, electoral college, redistrictingRick Hasen

FairVote: Three months after the 2012 election, independent redistricting continues to gain attention as a panacea for American congressional elections. Making the case from the quantitative flank is Sam Wang, professor of neuroscience at Princeton and founder of the… Continue reading

“Over 200 organizations ask Census Bureau to develop solutions to ‘prison gerrymandering'”

February 15, 2013, 8:19 amfelon voting, redistrictingRick Hasen

Press release: “Today, more than 200 civil rights, voting rights and criminal justice organizations sent a letter calling on the U.S. Census Bureau to seize a timely opportunity to research alternative ways to count incarcerated people in the decennial Census.”

“Voting Rights 2.0: Why we still need the Voting Rights Act, and how the Supreme Court could make it work better instead of striking it down.”

February 11, 2013, 8:31 pmredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Extensive and nuanced Emily Bazelon piece for Slate.

What To Do About the Texas Redistricting Case?

February 11, 2013, 6:22 pmredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The Supreme Court’s decision over the constitutionality of section 5 and the Court’s failure to take action on Texas’s appeal in its section 5 redistricting case has put the three-judge federal court in San Antonio hearing the section 2 challenge… Continue reading

“Ohio Redistricting Overhaul Gains Support”

February 11, 2013, 5:57 pmcitizen commissions, redistrictingRick Hasen

Stateline reports.

“More applicants, diversity needed for Austin redistricting panel”

February 8, 2013, 1:14 pmcitizen commissions, redistrictingRick Hasen

Austin-American Statesman: “The city since late January has been urging residents to apply for the map-drawing commission. So far, it has received only 98 applications, all but a handful from white men. Only five applicants are Hispanic, two are… Continue reading

“Emails raise questions about Fla. redistricting”

February 7, 2013, 7:43 amcitizen commissions, redistrictingRick Hasen

AP reports.

“Hispanic Rise in Republican Districts Shifts House Debate”

February 7, 2013, 7:29 amredistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Bloomberg reports.

“Ruling by House speaker deals blow to Senate redistricting”

February 6, 2013, 11:56 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Richmond Times-Dispatch: “[Virginia] Speaker of the House William J. Howell, R-Stafford, has ruled that the surprise changes that the Senate made to redistricting legislation are out of order, dealing a blow to GOP hopes to redraw districts.”