Category Archives: redistricting

“Angered by Pa. Supreme Court rulings, GOP moves to exert more control over judiciary branch”

January 17, 2021, 2:49 pmjudicial elections, redistrictingRick Hasen

Spotlight PA: A state House panel narrowly advanced a measure Wednesday aimed at giving the Republican-controlled legislature the power to draw districts for electing appellate court judges in Pennsylvania, a major shift away from the current statewide contests.The majority party… Continue reading

California Redistricting Commission Seeks Counsels

January 7, 2021, 7:44 amcitizen commissions, redistrictingRick Hasen

The 2020 California Citizens Redistricting Commission is seeking to retain Voting Rights Act Counsel and also Litigation Counsel. The two Requests for Information are at https://wedrawthelines.ca.gov/job_opportunities/. Interested individuals or firms with relevant experience are encouraged to apply to one… Continue reading

“A Delay In Census Results Would Hinder States’ Redistricting Efforts”

December 22, 2020, 11:35 amcensus litigation, redistrictingRick Hasen

NPR reports.

#LookingBack: Redistricting and the 2020 Election (Nick Stephanopoulos

November 8, 2020, 8:57 pm#LookingBack, redistrictingRick Hasen

The following is a symposium contribution from Nick Stephanapoulos (Harvard): The following are a number of tentative thoughts about what the 2020 election means for redistricting—for both the plans currently in effect and the ones soon to be enacted. 1.… Continue reading

“Beyond the Adjustment Wars: Dealing with Uncertainty and Bias in Redistricting Data”

October 20, 2020, 9:04 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Jeff Zalesin at Yale Law Journal Forum. Abstract: The Constitution requires legislative redistricting plans to have approximately equal populations in each district. But no one knows exactly how many people live in any district, because census data are never fully… Continue reading

“How next-gen computer generated maps detect partisan gerrymandering”

September 8, 2020, 7:15 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Science News reports.

Princeton Gerrymandering Project Is Hiring

September 3, 2020, 3:16 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Links to the Legal & Policy Analyst posting and the Senior Legal Strategist posting.

“The Politics We Don’t See Matter as Much as Those We Do; Party strategists pay a lot of attention to redrawing district maps — and hope you won’t bother to think about it.”

August 12, 2020, 7:09 amredistricting, UncategorizedRick Hasen

Tom Edsall NYT column.

New York: “How Democrats’ redistricting amendment could give them more power”

August 4, 2020, 6:06 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

City & State reports.

North Carolina “Republican who had prominent role in redistricting to retire”

July 26, 2020, 12:04 pmelection law biz, redistrictingRick Hasen

WRAL: A Republican lawmaker who played a prominent role in North Carolina’s redistricting process announced Friday that he will not seek reelection this fall and will instead retire from his post at the end of the year.Citing a “great… Continue reading

“How Congress can stop gerrymandering: Deny seats to states that do it.”

July 19, 2020, 8:21 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Lee Hamilton, William Cohen and Alton Frye WaPo oped.

California: “Supreme Court orders redistricting delay”

July 17, 2020, 1:32 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

At the Lectern: Acting with unusual speed and using an exceptional procedure in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Supreme Court today issued an opinion extending by four months constitutional and statutory deadlines for the state Citizens Redistricting Commission to… Continue reading

California Supreme Court to Rule Friday on Redistricting Delay

July 13, 2020, 8:15 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

At the Lectern reports.

Oregon: “Federal District Court Grants People Not Politicians an Extension”

July 13, 2020, 8:33 amdirect democracy, redistrictingRick Hasen

Release: A federal district court issued a preliminary order granting People Not Politicians, a broad and diverse coalition to create an independent citizens commission for Oregon, relief to qualify its redistricting reform initiative for the November 2020 election. The… Continue reading