“How the Supreme Court enabled the Texas-California redistricting fight”
Bob Egelko for the SF Chronicle.
Category Archives: redistricting
California: “Gavin Newsom floats November special election for his anti-Trump redistricting push”
Politico:
Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday he will likely call a November special election to have voters approve new House maps that boost Democrats.
By embracing a public vote, Newsom teed up a nationalized contest that opens a prominent front… Continue reading
Wice: “Congressional bills threaten equal representation, census accuracy”
Jeff Wice Newsday oped:
Fair representation in Congress is under attack. Several bills aim to limit the population used for allotting the 435 congressional districts among the states. …These current efforts threaten equal representation, and census accuracy, for Long… Continue reading
The Downballot on Why the Texas Gerrymander is Likely to be Effective and Not a “Dummymander”
Downballot:
Texas Republicans unveiled a congressional redistricting proposal on Wednesday that would, as Donald Trump asked, further gerrymander the state’s map by making five Democratic-held seats more likely to flip in next year’s elections.
The plan, which could change… Continue reading
Michael Li Answers Reader Questions about Texas Gerrymandering at Bolts
As redistricting eyes turn again to California
Justin here. I find much of the work of the UCLA Voting Rights Project to be really valuable — but I have to say, I agree with Rick’s take on their read of the California Constitution‘s provisions on redistricting.… Continue reading
UCLA Voting Rights Project Experts Argue, Wrongly in My View, that the California Legislature Could Engage in Re-Redistricting California’s Congressional Districts without Voter Approval
What a difference half a day makes.
Contrary to the earlier reporting from Politico that California Democrats might try to call a special election to get voter approval for a Democratic gerrymander of congressional districts (to counter the expected… Continue reading
“Texas House Republicans unveil new congressional map that looks to pick up five GOP seats”
Texas Tribune:
Texas GOP lawmakers released their first draft of the state’s new congressional map Wednesday, proposing revamped district lines that attempt to flip five Democratic seats in next year’s midterm elections.
The new map targets Democratic members of… Continue reading
“How Newsom could redraw career ambitions”
California Playbook:
MAPPING IT OUT: The potential contours of a snap California redistrict are coming into focus (more on the politics of that exercise below).
Attorney General Rob Bonta suggested yesterday that lawmakers could put a new, fully realized map before voters… Continue reading
“In Fight for House, New York May Follow Texas in Redrawing Maps”
NYT:
If Texas lawmakers follow through on President Trump’s call to redraw state congressional maps to help the Republican Party, New York leaders say they want to be ready to respond in kind.
Democrats in the State Assembly and Senate… Continue reading
“Democrats Plan $20 Million Fund to Target Texas Republicans for Redistricting”
NYT:
The largest super PAC backing House Democrats is creating a new fund with upward of $20 million to target congressional Republicans in Texas if legislators there follow through on plans to redraw district lines to eliminate Democratic seats ahead… Continue reading
The Prospect of Bailing-in Alabama
Tomorrow, the three-judge district court in the Alabama congressional redistricting litigation will hold a hearing on whether to bail-in Alabama to the VRA’s preclearance regime. If bailed-in, Alabama would have to seek preapproval for any redistricting changes from either DOJ… Continue reading
Bruce Cain and Matt Barreto Comment on the Viability of a California Mid-Decade Redistricting
Via Politico:
“I don’t think it’s doable. I think there are too many constitutional constraints,” said Bruce Cain, a Stanford political scientist who was deeply involved as a staffer in the partisan gerrymanders from a prior era of California politics.… Continue reading
“Democrats desperately look for a redistricting edge in California, New York and Maryland”
Politico on the limited options available to counter Republican redistricting efforts in Texas, Ohio, and Missouri:
In conversations with more than a dozen state lawmakers and redistricting experts, Democrats’ best shot at redrawing a map lies in California, a heavily… Continue reading