Category Archives: redistricting
“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
Breaking–“Washington Supreme Court declines to redraw political maps, accepts redistricting commission’s work”
Seattle Times
“The Washington Supreme Court will not exercise its authority to redraw the state’s congressional and legislative district maps, leaving in place the work of the bipartisan redistricting commission.In a unanimous ruling Friday, the court found the commission had… Continue reading
“How the Suburbs Have Changed Gerrymandering”
Maggie Astor, N.Y. Times, writes that “Republican gerrymandering efforts used to focus mainly on diluting the influence of cities,” but this cycle the focus is also on cracking the political power of the suburbs. The article notes, further, that… Continue reading
Dec. 3 virtual event: “Self-districting: the ultimate antidote to gerrymandering.”
On Friday, Dec. 3, at 1:30 PM ET the Princeton Gerrymandering Project / Electoral Innovation Lab will present a virtual Academic Talk over Zoom with Edward Foley, Charles W. Ebersold and Florence Whitcomb Ebersold Chair in Constitutional Law, the Director… Continue reading
Ohio’s Maps Challenged in State Court
The ACLU, the League of Women Voters of Ohio, and the A. Philip Randolph Institute are challenging Ohio’s new Republican-drawn congressional map as an illegal gerrymander. The suit filed with the Ohio Supreme Court yesterday argues that the adopted maps… Continue reading