Category Archives: redistricting

“Republican Lawmaker Says Inmates are Key to Defeating Corrine Brown”

September 24, 2015, 8:33 pmredistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Politico Florida: In a private gathering during last month’s Republican Party of Florida quarterly meeting, state Rep. Janet Adkins told a group of North Florida GOP activists that the key to defeating Corrine Brown, a black Jacksonville Democrat, is… Continue reading

Read Texas’s Brief on Merits in #SCOTUS Evenwel One Person, One Vote Case

September 24, 2015, 7:41 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Here, via Ballot Access News.

Federal Court Appoints UCI’s Bernie Grofman to Draw VA Congressional Districts

September 24, 2015, 7:24 amredistrictingRick Hasen

See here.

“New lawsuit challenges Virginia legislative districts”

September 16, 2015, 6:55 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Richmond Times-Dispatch: A lawsuit filed Monday in Richmond Circuit Court challenges 11 of Virginia’s legislative districts, arguing that they violate the state constitution’s requirement of compactness. The suit, backed by the nonpartisan redistricting reform group OneVirginia2021, challenges six Republican-held… Continue reading

“NC seats are safe and voters are ignored”

September 13, 2015, 1:01 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

News and Observer editorial.

California Legislature Passes Resolution Opposing Evenwel Concept of One Person, One Vote

September 8, 2015, 3:44 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Read it here.

“Supreme Court case based in Md. could have wide impact”

September 8, 2015, 8:31 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Baltimore Sun: A little-noticed lawsuit brought by a Maryland man challenging the state’s contorted congressional districts will be heard this fall by the Supreme Court — where it has the potential to open a new line of constitutional attack… Continue reading

“Redistricting challengers used data and emails to piece together signs of conspiracy”

September 7, 2015, 9:31 amchicanery, redistrictingRick Hasen

Tampa Bay Times: The legal team that uncovered the shadow redistricting process that invalidated Florida’s congressional and Senate districts didn’t rely just on maps and cloak-and-dagger emails to prove that legislators broke the law. The best clues came in… Continue reading

“Florida Supreme Court allows for another redistricting session, but orders trial court to take charge”

September 4, 2015, 5:45 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Miami Herald: The Florida Supreme Court on Friday ordered the trial court to return to the redistricting drawing board, allowing it to review the rival maps submitted by the House and Senate and choose between them. The court rejected… Continue reading

“Court Cases Leave States Stuck in Redistricting Limbo”

September 2, 2015, 7:44 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Stateline reports.

“Redistricting deadline comes and goes in Virginia”

September 1, 2015, 8:40 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

ABC: Back in June a federal court ruled that Virginia’s third congressional district had been illegally packed with black voters to make surrounding districts safer for Republican incumbents, ordering the lines be redrawn by September 1. “The Virginia General… Continue reading

“Deep in minority, Dems look to redistricting for hope”

August 29, 2015, 8:23 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

The Hill: But Pelosi’s co-sponsorship of this year’s reform proposal marks a rare move for a party leader who seldom lends an official signature to individual bills. Her formal endorsement is both an escalation of support for non-partisan redistricting… Continue reading

“Coalition files suit to invalidate redistricting law in Florida”

August 29, 2015, 8:14 amredistrictingRick Hasen

The Tampa Bay Times reports.

“Redistricting Reform Commission holds first meeting with just 10 weeks to act”

August 28, 2015, 10:42 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Maryland Reporter: Gov. Larry Hogan’s 11-member Redistricting Reform Commission, created on Aug. 6 by executive order, met for first time near the State House Thursday where they outlined their first steps to reform the process of drawing Maryland’s… Continue reading