“The governor of Pennsylvania rejects Republicans’ new map”
Steve Mazie for The Economist.
Category Archives: redistricting
“Pa. congressional map stalemate edges closer to court-imposed deadline”
The latest on the Pa. redistricting battle.
“Experts launch PlanScore.org to allow citizens to evaluate redistricting schemes”
Release:
PlanScore.org—a new website developed by redistricting experts and Silicon Valley coding experts— allows citizens to upload proposed state districting maps and instantaneously have them scored for partisan symmetry using three widely-accepted measures: the efficiency gap, partisan bias… Continue reading
“Keith Gaddie—Thinking About Gerrymandering”
Here’s a video of Keith giving a lecture at the University of Missouri Kinder Institute discussing whether partisanship is too unstable to measure for purposes of discerning partisan gerrrymandering.
Pennsylvania Governor Rejects Republican Legislative Leaders’ Proposed Districting Plan, Meaning Special Master Will Draw Congressional Districts
Gov. statement:
Governor Tom Wolf today told the Pennsylvania Supreme Court that he will not accept the proposed map Republican legislative leaders submitted because it, too, is a partisan gerrymander that does not comply with the court’s order or Pennsylvania’s… Continue reading
NC: “Wake-Mecklenburg maps stand as GOP drew them, with hours left before candidates file”
News and Observer:
A panel of judges rejected a request from Democrats and voters who filed the first lawsuit this decade challenging North Carolina lawmakers’ redistricting plans to provide relief from election districts in Wake and Mecklenburg counties they contend… Continue reading
“California Local Redistricting Project Releases New Tool to Facilitate Local Redistricting Reform”
Release:
Today, the California Local Redistricting Project – a joint project of the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law’s Capital Center for Law & Policy and California Common Cause – announced the release of a new tool to… Continue reading
“Trump’s Controversial Pick to Run the 2020 Census Withdraws”
Ari Berman:
The Trump administration’s controversial pick to run the 2020 census has withdrawn from consideration to be deputy director of the US Census Bureau, according to sources close to the bureau.
In November, Politico reported that the administration planned… Continue reading
Jeff Wice Letter to NYT Editor on NYC Redistricting
“Pa. Republicans have proposed a new congressional map. Democrats say it’s still gerrymandered.”
Philly.com:
A proposed new map of Pennsylvania congressional districts may have sanded off some of the rougher edges of the current version, but it still amounts to a pro-Republican gerrymander, a chorus of Democrats complained Saturday as they urged Gov.… Continue reading
“Top Republicans in Pa. House, Senate submit congressional map to Gov. Wolf”
Philly Inquirer:
Facing a deadline imposed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, the legislature’s two top Republicans late Friday submitted to the governor a new statewide map of congressional districts to replace boundaries the justices ruled were unconstitutional.
If approved, the… Continue reading
“Pennsylvania has to draw new congressional districts, but getting rid of gerrymandering will be harder than you think.”
Bernie Grofman and Jonathan Cervas for the Monkey Cage:
A map that meets all these criteria will probably reduce the Republican Party’s advantage in the state’s congressional races. Although the two parties poll more or less equally statewide, Republicans hold… Continue reading
Jim Gardner Analysis of PA Redistricting Decision: “Federalism complicates the analysis as a state court opens a second front in the struggle against gerrymandering”
The following is a guest post from the great Jim Gardner:
{Note from Rick: You can find 139 pages of the majority opinion and maps at this link, as well as a concurring and dissenting opinion and two dissenting… Continue reading
“As deadline looms, Republicans consider new strategy for Pa. congressional maps”
Philly Inquirer:
It’s official: The state legislature will not pass a new congressional map before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s Friday deadline.
But the Republican leaders who control both chambers weren’t ready Thursday to cede the redrawing of districts to the… Continue reading