Daily Show Segment on Gerrymandering includes Kim Brace
Here.
Category Archives: redistricting
“Florida Accused of Racial Gerrymander”
Another Democratic Shaw lawsuit. Very interesting.
“Solution to Rampant Gerrymandering Resides Within the States”
Eric Freedman has written this oped for the National Law Journal.
“Poster Boy for Dysfunction: Redistricting and Citizens United in the Texas 27th”
“Did the California Citizens Redistricting Commission Really Create More Competitive Districts?”
“How Republicans Rig the Game: Through gerrymandering, voter suppression and legislative tricks, the GOP has managed to hold on to power while more and more Americans reject their candidates and their ideas”
I expect this Rolling Stone article to engender some controversy.
“Judge hears arguments in redistricting lawsuit”
Billings Gazette:
A commission’s last-minute reassignment of two state senators to new central Montana districts was a political move to allow another state senator from Conrad to run for re-election in 2014, and should be thrown out, a lawyer… Continue reading
Seattle Voters Reject Public Financing, Support Move to District Elections
Justice Stevens Laments Lack of Partisan Gerrymandering Standards
See the end of this speech.
“Democrats: It’s the states, stupid (Part 2)”
Herman Schwartz writes for Reuters Opinion.
“The political middle is dying. But it’s not redistricting’s fault.”
The Fix with some great illustrations from Alan Abramowitz.
“Post-Partisan: Fixing our ideological divide”
Jonathan Soros: “As Americans examine the astounding dysfunction of their government, gerrymandering is usually cited as the prime culprit. This narrative offers a compelling villain: venal politicians who draw district boundaries for partisan advantage or to protect their own… Continue reading
“Public Participation GIS: The Case of Redistricting”
Micah Altman and Michael McDonald have posted this draft on SSRN (Proceedings of the 47th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences ). Here is the abstract:
Recent technological advances have enabled greater public participation and transparency in the United… Continue reading