California Redistricting Commission Posts Final Report, Including Extensive Voting Rights Act Analysis
You can find it here.
Category Archives: redistricting
“Surprisingly, there has been a redistricting turnaround”
Paul Waldman WaPo column:
In the 2020 elections, Democrats failed to win control of any new state legislatures and saw their margin in the House of Representatives shrink by more than a dozen seats, an outcome that portended bad… Continue reading
“Michigan redistricting commission releases memos, recording from closed-door meeting”
Detroit Free Press:
Lawyers for Michigan’s redistricting commission used a controversial closed-door meeting to label legal interpretations of federal voting requirements that urge drawing majority-minority districts inaccurate and misleading, calling on the commission not to adjust lines based on … Continue reading
“Latino political power is a big winner in California’s new congressional map”
LAT:
Latino voters would see a major boost in political clout under new congressional and legislative districts approved unanimously Monday by the independent citizen panel charged with redrawing the state’s political map.Although the panel, created by voter initiative in 2008,… Continue reading
Brennan Center Redistricting Tracker
“Wisconsin Supreme Court is wrong to preserve gerrymandered electoral maps”
Rob Yablon oped:
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has set the stage for another decade of gerrymandered electoral maps. For Wisconsinites across the political spectrum who are fed up with partisan redistricting abuses, the court’s decision is a gut punch —… Continue reading
“Map by Map, G.O.P. Chips Away at Black Democrats’ Power”
NYT:
Mr. Reives is one of a growing number of Black elected officials across the country — ranging from members of Congress to county commissioners — who have been drawn out of their districts, placed in newly competitive districts… Continue reading
“Column: Are Californians chumps to play fair on congressional redistricting?”
Mark Z. Barabak LAT column.
New Political Maps May Kill Swing Districts, But Swing Districts May Not Save Us
The Wall Street Journal is not the first to lament that the 2021 redistricting cycle is not likely to produce very many competitive districts. But how much should we care? The call for competitive elections presumes that electoral accountability emerges… Continue reading
Sellers: The 2021 Redistricting Cycle Will Disparately Impact Black Communities
Joshua Sellers’ new article “Race, Reckoning, Reform, and the Limits of the Law of Democracy” is a timely reminder to all of us that the consequences of redistricting are not just about the health of our democracy. Partisan… Continue reading
Pennsylvania Republicans Offer Citizen’s Map as Starting Point for Congressional Redistricting
In an unexpected move, the Republican chair of the Pennsylvania House Committee on redistricting is planning to debate a citizen map as the starting point for the commonwealth’s congressional redistricting negotiations. The “citizen map” chosen by State Rep. Seth… Continue reading
Breaking: DOJ Sues the State of Texas under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act for Its Redistricting Plan, Claiming Dilution of African-American and Latino Voting Strength
The complaint targets both congressional districts and the Texas House.
More coverage later from Nick Stephanopoulos, who is primary ELB blogger this week.
“NC judges won’t block primary election preparation over redistricting cases”
News and Observer
The three-judge panel in North Carolina charged with reviewing the challenge to the state’s new maps refused today to grant a preliminary injunction blocking the congressional and legislative maps approved last month . The decision can and… Continue reading
Texas’ bid to dismiss challenge to its maps fails
Three-judge district court panel rejects Texas’ preposterous argument that VRA precludes private enforcement of Section 2. I love the wry sarcasm, “it would be ambitious indeed for a district court-even a three judge court-to deny a private right of action… Continue reading