Category Archives: redistricting

“John Roberts said we need to rely on states to solve gerrymandering. That’s not going so well.

August 23, 2019, 7:47 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Josh Douglas WaPo oped: The Supreme Court ruled in June that federal courts are closed to claims of partisan gerrymandering. But never fear, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote for the majority: “numerous [states] are restricting partisan considerations… Continue reading

Michigan Republican Party Files Lawsuit Against New Independent Redistricting Commission, Raising Same Political Party First Amendment Association Theories

August 22, 2019, 1:01 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Detroit News story. Complaint. (My coverage of the first lawsuit.)

“Mapmaker: The Gerrymandering game that puts the fun in undermining democracy”

August 20, 2019, 10:56 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Ars Technica reports.

“In the War Against Gerrymandering, an Army of Voters Meets a Dug-in Foe”

August 15, 2019, 11:44 amcitizen commissions, redistrictingRick Hasen

Michael Wines for the NYT, on the ground in Wisconsin.

Salon Interviews Rep. Don Beyer on Bill to Use Multimember Districts and Ranked Choice Voting for Congress

August 11, 2019, 3:23 pmalternative voting systems, redistrictingRick Hasen

See here.

“[California] Redistricting commission extends deadline as diversity of applicants lags”

August 8, 2019, 7:19 amcitizen commissions, redistrictingRick Hasen

The SF Chronicle reports.

“Redistricting battle in Michigan could threaten California citizens’ commission”

August 8, 2019, 7:17 amcitizen commissions, redistrictingRick Hasen

The SF Chronicle reports.

“The Predominance Test: A Judicially Manageable Compactness Standard for Redistricting”

August 7, 2019, 4:46 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Michael McDonald has written this article for the Yale Law Journal Forum. Here is the abstract: Scholars have proposed more than one hundred measures of district compactness to analyze legislative maps, but each of these measures lacks a critical threshold… Continue reading

North Carolina Governor and Attorney General File Amicus Briefs Supporting Plaintiffs in State Partisan Gerrymandering Case

August 7, 2019, 3:07 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

The Democratic governor and AG versus the Republican-dominated North Carolina General Assembly.

Former North Carolina Governors File Amicus Brief Supporting Plaintiffs in State Partisan Gerrymandering Case

August 7, 2019, 10:45 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Read it here (via Melissa Boughton).

“Republicans Say the First Amendment Protects the Right to Gerrymander”

August 5, 2019, 3:32 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Leah Litman for Slate.

“Republicans sue to block Michigan redistricting commission”

July 30, 2019, 7:00 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Detroit News: Republicans are suing to stop Michigan’s new citizen redistricting commission before it begins, alleging the voter-approved amendment is “blatantly unconstitutional” and discriminates against participants based on political service or family ties.The federal lawsuit, filed Tuesday morning with the… Continue reading

“GOP could dodge Gov. Evers to gerrymander Wisconsin again”

July 29, 2019, 8:26 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Wisconsin Examiner: Now Democrats and fair-maps advocates are worried that Republicans might make an end-run around Evers by means of a joint resolution, passing a new map through the Assembly and Senate. Because joint resolutions do not require the… Continue reading

“Redrawing Maps the Right Way”

July 25, 2019, 10:19 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Frank Strigari, general counsel for the Ohio Senate, and Jeff Wice, an attorney for the New York Assembly have written Redrawing Maps the Right Way. It’s in NCSL’s magazine, State Legislature. A rare bipartisan piece.