Category Archives: redistricting

“Donna Edwards breaks with party over redistricting again”

August 7, 2015, 2:05 pmcitizen commissions, redistrictingRick Hasen

WaPo: Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md.) is breaking with other Democrats again over redistricting, saying she’s open to an independent commission proposed by Gov. Larry Hogan (R). “I have long supported redistricting reforms to end the damage partisan gerrymandering does… Continue reading

“Corrine Brown seeks to stop redistricting in court, says it dilutes minority voting”

August 7, 2015, 8:55 amredistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Orlando Sentinel: Implying that a secret, racist agenda may be in play to eliminate Congressional districts drawn to represent black voters, U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, D-Jacksonville, filed a federal lawsuit Thursday to stop Florida’s redistricting effort. On Wednesday the… Continue reading

“Ted Deutch and Lois Frankel pledge to not run against each other”

August 7, 2015, 7:29 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Miami Herald: “U.S. Representatives Ted Deutch and Lois Frankel issued a joint statement today in response to the proposed map by the state Legislature which shows that their homes will both be in District 21.”

“Federal judges reject GOP request to delay special session on redistricting”

August 5, 2015, 4:40 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

AP: “A panel of judges has rejected Republican requests to delay an upcoming special legislative session called to draw new congressional boundaries in Virginia. The panel ruled 2-1 Wednesday that it was not going to extend a Sept. 1… Continue reading

“Jigsaw Puzzle Politics in the Sunshine State”

August 5, 2015, 4:22 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

New book on Florida redistricting by Seth McKee. Click on the link to get the book this month at half price.

“Redistricting Could Have the Most Disparate Effect”

August 5, 2015, 4:01 pmredistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Nick Stephanopoulos’s contribution to NYT’s Room for Debate forum on the future of the Voting Rights Act is now up.

“GOP suit: Florida redistricting law equals ‘thought policing'”

August 5, 2015, 12:17 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Politico on a strange claim: Two Florida Republican Party officials have filed a federal lawsuit to block the state’s anti-gerrymandering constitutional clauses, arguing the provisions limit First Amendment speech and amount to “thought policing.” The lawsuit, filed Tuesday night in… Continue reading

“Election Law’s Path in the Roberts Court’s First Decade: A Sharp Right Turn But with Speed Bumps and Surprising Twists”

August 5, 2015, 6:25 amcampaign finance, election administration, political parties, redistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

I have posted this draft on SSRN. It is still an early draft. Comments welcome! Here is the abstract: The first decade of election law cases at the Supreme Court under the leadership of Chief Justice Roberts brought election law… Continue reading

What in the World is Happening in the Texas Redistricting Case?

August 3, 2015, 11:50 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Still pending, and we are getting close to the 2016 election season…. Perhaps the case will be resolved before the 2020 round of redistricting.

“Symposium: Evenwel v. Abbott and the Constitution’s big data problem”

August 3, 2015, 7:40 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Nate Persily’s contribution to SCOTUSBlog’s Evenwel v. Abbott symposium: These points concerning the inaccuracy and variability of the potential alternative data sources for redistricting will likely receive less attention in Evenwel than familiar constitutional arguments concerning the proper interpretation of… Continue reading

“When Not All Votes Were Equal The U.S. Supreme Court reconsiders how legislative districts are drawn—and risks sending the country back to a time before ‘one person, one vote.'”

August 2, 2015, 8:49 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

J. Douglas Smith, author of On Democracy’s Doorstep: The Inside Story of How the Supreme Court Brought ‘One Person, One Vote’ to the United States, has written this piece on Evenwel in the Altantic. He concludes: Until the Supreme… Continue reading

“Rulings spark hopes for fairer districts”

August 2, 2015, 8:18 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Herald Tribune: Since 2008, Florida has exhibited the political equivalent of a split personality, with a Democratic president twice winning the state even as Republicans racked up large majorities in the Legislature and congressional delegation. Among the explanations for… Continue reading

Read the Brief for Appellants in the Evenwel One Person, One Vote Case

August 1, 2015, 7:01 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Here.

“Symposium: Ideology, partisanship, and the new ‘one person, one vote’ case”

July 31, 2015, 8:59 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

I have written this contribution to SCOTUSBlog’s symposium on Evenwel v. Abbott. It begins: It is tempting to think of the plaintiffs in Evenwel v. Abbott as conservatives. After all, the brainchildbehind this new “one person, one vote” lawsuit,… Continue reading