Category Archives: redistricting

Gerrymandering as Democracy Protection???

February 2, 2022, 7:01 amelection subversion risk, redistrictingNed Foley

I’ve been troubled by the spate of stories in recent weeks about the possibility of the Democratic Party being able to counter-gerrymander itself to something of a draw in this decade’s redistricting wars. The point of elections, as I see… Continue reading

Must-Read Michael Wines NYT Story on North Carolina Redistricting Battle Suggests Republican Legislature Could Try to Impeach Democratic State Supreme Court Justices to Stop Effort to Thwart Gerrymandering

January 29, 2022, 11:08 amchicanery, judicial elections, redistrictingRick Hasen

This would be ugly even by North Carolina standards.

Breaking: Alabama Seeks Supreme Court Order Blocking Requirement for State to Create Second Black Majority Congressional District, Queueing Up First Major Test of Voting Rights Act in New Decade of Redistricting

January 28, 2022, 1:38 pmredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

You can find the application at this link. The Supreme Court is likely to first grant a brief administrative stay while it decides what to do on the stay application. It would not be surprising to see the Court set… Continue reading

“Yelling, accusations of bullying turn Michigan redistricting meeting into chaos”

January 28, 2022, 7:17 amcitizen commissions, redistrictingRick Hasen

Detroit Free Press: A Thursday meeting of Michigan’s redistricting commission saw accusations of bullying, yelling, a failed censure vote against the group’s chair and a public apology for the tense exchanges that came as the group stares down … Continue reading

“Texas violated voting rights law during redistricting, retiring state GOP senator says in sworn court statement”

January 27, 2022, 11:58 amredistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Texas Tribune: In a sworn declaration submitted as part of an ongoing federal court challenge, a senior Republican state senator with redistricting experience said he believes his party violated federal voting laws when it drew new boundaries for state Senate… Continue reading

“Black and Latino voters have been shortchanged in redistricting, advocates and some judges say”

January 26, 2022, 7:03 amredistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

WaPo: New congressional maps are completed in more than half the country, and so far Democrats have been spared the redistricting losses they endured a decade ago, a small mercy for their efforts to cling to their fragile House… Continue reading

“Democrats make surprising inroads in redistricting fight”

January 24, 2022, 11:25 amredistrictingRick Hasen

AP: Democrats braced for disaster when state legislatures began redrawing congressional maps, fearing that Republican dominance of statehouses would tilt power away from them for the next decade.But as the redistricting process reaches its final stages, that anxiety… Continue reading

“GOP considers more ruthless redistricting”

January 20, 2022, 6:42 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Politico : Republicans have mostly played it safe in the states that have completed redistricting so far, locking in the status quo with durable maps that are more likely to withstand demographic changes and legal muster. But amid a growing… Continue reading

Breaking: “Redistricting: Ohio Supreme Court strikes down congressional map, forcing another round of drawing”

January 14, 2022, 9:16 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Columbus Dispatch: The Ohio Supreme Court struck down the state’s congressional district map, saying Republicans violated the Ohio Constitution by drawing districts that favored GOP candidates.Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor was, once again, a… Continue reading

Breaking: Ohio Supreme Court Rejects Redistricting Plans, Orders New Maps Drawn

January 12, 2022, 12:46 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Ohio Supreme Court tweet. Opinion. {¶ 1} Respondent Ohio Redistricting Commission adopted a General Assembly–district plan in September 2021 to be effective for the next four years. The complaints in these three cases allege that the plan… Continue reading

Breaking: Unanimous 3-Judge North Carolina Trial Court Rejects Partisan Gerrymandering Challenge to New Districts; Case Proceeds Next to State Supreme Court, Where It May Fare Better

January 11, 2022, 1:47 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

You can find 260 page opinion at this link.

Nothing to See Here, Folks, Dep’t: “Top GOP lawmaker relied on secret maps, later destroyed, NC gerrymandering trial reveals”

January 5, 2022, 4:33 pmchicanery, redistrictingRick Hasen

Charlotte Observer: A political trial that has mostly been dominated by math and academic research erupted in drama late Wednesday, when a top Republican redistricting leader said on the witness stand that he had used secret maps, drawn… Continue reading

Michael Li on Whether Democrats Have Done Better than Expected in the Latest Redistricting Round

January 5, 2022, 4:08 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Thread starts here.

Dave Wasserman: “2022 House Overview: Still a GOP Advantage, but Redistricting Looks Like a Wash”

January 5, 2022, 6:32 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Wasserman in the Cook Political Report: The surprising good news for Democrats: on the current trajectory, there will be a few more Biden-won districts after redistricting than there are now — producing a congressional map slightly less biased in… Continue reading

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