Category Archives: redistricting

“Making Pa. votes matter”

December 11, 2012, 8:22 amelectoral college, redistrictingRick Hasen

Rob Richie and Devin McCarthy have written this Philly.com oped, which begins: “State Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi piqued our interest last week when he told Bloomberg that his new electoral reform proposal “is not party-specific or partisan in… Continue reading

Re-redistricting in Kansas?

December 10, 2012, 8:19 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Could be.

“More Redistricting Ahead in Texas, Maybe Florida”

December 5, 2012, 7:50 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Roll Call reports.

“Election law expert outlines lessons of 2012′

December 1, 2012, 9:03 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Cincinnati Enquirer: “Daniel Tokaji, the Ohio State University law professor who helped draft the Issue 2 political redistricting proposal on November’s ballot, says he’s still scratching his head about why it was defeated so roundly.”

“Split Ohio Supreme Court says redistricting map is constitutional”

November 28, 2012, 7:50 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Cleveland Plain Dealer: “The Ohio Supreme Court today upheld legislative maps drawn by the Republican-controlled apportionment board that set boundaries for General Assembly seats for the next decade. The legislative map drawn in 2011 by the state apportionment board… Continue reading

“Groups call on Newby to recuse himself in redistricting dispute”

November 27, 2012, 8:10 amjudicial elections, redistrictingRick Hasen

NC Policy Watch: “n papers filed today, the North Carolina NAACP and other state groups and individuals suing to overturn redistricting plans approved by the legislature in 2010 asked Supreme Court Justice Paul Newby to remove himself from the… Continue reading

Quote of the Day

November 26, 2012, 9:03 amelectoral college, redistrictingRick Hasen

“For one party to win a majority of House seats with a minority of votes is a relatively rare occurrence. It has now happened five times in the past hundred years. In 1914 and 1942, the Democrats were the beneficiaries.… Continue reading

“Guest Column: Arizona’s nonpartisan redistricting creates fairer election outcomes”

November 21, 2012, 8:49 amcitizen commissions, redistrictingRick Hasen

Elliott Weiss has written this oped for the Arizona Daily Star.

“California’s Post-Partisan Experiment”

November 20, 2012, 10:46 ampolitical parties, primaries, redistrictingRick Hasen

Bloomberg View: “Uprooting intense partisanship in Washington would be easier if fewer legislators represented safe, ideologically homogenous districts. Or so reformers have long maintained. Now, with the final results in from legislative races in California, that thesis will get… Continue reading