“Florida becomes one of last states to form Census committee”
The AP reports on Florida’s … exceedingly recent efforts to raise census awareness. In this context, I’m not sure whether “it’s never too late” is quite accurate.
Category Archives: redistricting
“Where do inmates fall in Census count? NJ moves to end ‘prison gerrymandering'”
A bill has passed the state Senate, and is working
its way through the state Assembly.
If it gets signed into law, that would make New Jersey the seventh state to
change where incarcerated individuals are counted for representational… Continue reading
Techniques for Grassroots Campaign Volunteer Mobilization
Joe Spaulding, lead field strategist for the Voters Not Politicians Michigan independent redistricting campaign that got 440,000 signatures in 4 months without paying any signature gatherers, reveals some follicular (and data-supported) tactics for fighting diminishing returns out in canvass-land. Thread… Continue reading
“Deceased GOP Strategist’s Daughter Makes Files Public That Republicans Wanted Sealed”
As Hansi notes,
Stephanie Hofeller just dropped the first full tranch of
documents on The Hofeller Files.
Enjoy.
Redistricting Arizona
The Arizona Daily Star goes quite deep on the past, present, and future of Arizona’s Independent Redistricting Commission.
“Urban America likely to gain clout after Census”
Reid Wilson, in The Hill, discusses the population shift to cities.
For those following census issues closely, one of the
impacts of the implementation of differential privacy may blunt that apparent move
a bit on the margins. As a… Continue reading
“Census will mean new ways for politicians to keep power despite earning fewer votes”
Bill Leonard weighs in on new opportunities for partisan gerrymandering after the Census.
“Why Texas doesn’t want to count all its Texans”
Larry Wilson contrasts California’s approach to Census outreach with the approach in Texas.
“Election controversies, other concerns prompt potential Virginia voting changes in 2020”
This seems like a good roundup of many of the electoral proposals on the agenda in Virginia for the coming legislative session.
“‘Alabama Counts’: How one Republican state bucks national trends and boosts Census awareness”
Alabama is right on the brink of losing a congressional seat – under most projections, it’s the state that would get the 436th seat if that were a thing. (And that’s if the Census count is actually accurate.)
And… Continue reading
“Commission on Appellate Court Appointments in Spotlight as Redistricting Fight Nears”
In Arizona, the commission on appellate court appointments is also the screening body for applicants to the state’s independent redistricting commission. And with tomorrow’s deadline on applications to the commission, KJZZ has a story on some of the upstream impact… Continue reading
“Virginia was home to the first gerrymander. It should also be the home of its solution.”
Sam Wang urges the new unilateral Democratic majority in Virginia to follow through on redistricting reform.
“We can’t assume Virginia Democrats will keep their promise on redistricting reform”
The Post’s editorial board laments the potential change of heart after the change in electoral fortunes.
“New York Dems Are Redrawing Congressional Districts and It Could Put Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Out of a Job”
The Daily
Wire ties the census, redistricting, and (perhaps) a bit of wish
fulfillment. They’re not wrong about legislative
leadership use of redistricting to enforce party discipline, though.
It’ll be interesting to see the extent to which New York’s new … Continue reading