“New maps would still give GOP disproportionate power in NC legislature, analysts say”
News and Observer reports.
Category Archives: redistricting
“NC Senate passes new political maps. Democrats are divided in their support.”
News and Observer:
Raleigh Sen. Dan Blue, the top Democrat, vouched for the maps as well as Hise. Blue, a former N.C. Speaker of the House, has been involved in numerous redistricting efforts in past decades in North Carolina and… Continue reading
“New Report Highlights Arizona as a Model for Redistricting Reform Nationwide”
Ash Center:
Today, the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, a research center at Harvard Kennedy School released “The Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission: One State’s Model for Gerrymandering Reform,” a new report detailing the lessons learned from… Continue reading
“A Surprise Vote, Thrown Phone And Partisan ‘Mistrust’ Roil N.C. As Maps Are Redrawn”
NPR:
Despite the assertions of Senate leaders, there remains some skepticism about whether the court will agree to enact the maps the legislature approves.Stanford University professor and election law expert Nathaniel Persily was appointed Friday to help the court… Continue reading
Nate Persily Appointed as Referee in North Carolina State Partisan Gerrymandering Case: What It Means
The three-judge state court which found North Carolina’s legislative districts to be unconstitutional partisan gerrymanders under that state’s constitution has appointed Stanford professor Nate Persily as the referee/special master in the case. This means that Persily at the least… Continue reading
“Instead of Fixing Their Gerrymander, North Carolina Republicans Are Trolling the Court”
Mark Joseph Stern for Slate.
Deep Dive: “How a decade of voting rights fights led to fewer redistricting safeguards for Texas voters of color”
Worth your time from Alexa Ura.
“The Worst Partisan Gerrymanders in U.S. State Legislatures”
New report from the Schwarzenegger Institute. Executive summary:
“Michigan has a smart idea for fixing gerrymandering. Conservatives want to crush it.”
I have written this piece for Vox. It begins:
Reformers hoping to rein in partisan gerrymandering have a big idea that’s caught on in several states: handing the redistricting power over to an independent commission, rather than politicians in the… Continue reading
“Minority Success in Non-Majority Minority Districts: Finding the ‘Sweet Spot'”
David Lublin, Lisa Handley, Tom Brunell, and Bernie Grofman have written this article for the Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics. Here is the abstract:
Though African-American and Latino electoral success in state legislative and congressional elections continues to occur… Continue reading
Richard Briffault Talked to The Takeaway About the North Carolina Partisan Gerrymandering Ruling
Must Read: Hofeller Files, Leaked to David Daley in New Yorker, Show Use of Race in Gerrymandering and Considering Impact of Voter ID
Blockbuster:
Hofeller did not follow his own advice. Before his death, in August, 2018, he saved at least seventy thousand files and several years of e-mails. A review of those records and e-mails—which were recently obtained first by The… Continue reading
What’s Going to Happen with a Challenge to North Carolina’s Congressional District Partisan Gerrymander? Two Significant Hurdles to a Lawsuit.
Democrats are now pondering a state court challenge to North Carolina’s partisan gerrymandering of the state’s 13 congressional districts, following a state court ruling that the state legislative districts are a partisan gerrymander. The U.S. Supreme Court in the… Continue reading
“The Battle Over the Files of a Gerrymandering Mastermind”
NYT:
At the heart of a decisive court ruling on Tuesday striking down North Carolina’s state legislative maps was evidence culled from the computer backups of the man who drew them: Thomas B. Hofeller, the Republican strategist and master… Continue reading