California Supreme Court will be asked to grant extra time for state’s redistricting panel
3 years, 5 months ago

California Supreme Court will be asked to grant extra time for state’s redistricting panel

LA Times  

California’s citizen redistricting commission will ask the state’s Supreme Court to give the panel two extra weeks to draw political maps this fall and winter, saying that a delay from the federal government in providing new census data will otherwise limit public participation in the once-a-decade process. All 14 members of the California Citizens Redistricting Commission voted in favor of the proposal Tuesday night, setting the stage for the state’s high court to intervene for the second time in the past year to adjust the process of drawing new legislative, congressional and Board of Equalization districts. The commission’s decision follows months of public and private discussion in political and election circles about whether the census delay would require a postponement of California’s 2022 primary election, scheduled for June 7. “Hopefully the Supreme Court will enable the commission to use a later deadline that doesn’t put peak decisions right smack dab in the middle of a holiday season,” he said.

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THINGS TO KNOW: Deadline looms for new map in embattled North Dakota redistricting lawsuit
1 year ago

THINGS TO KNOW: Deadline looms for new map in embattled North Dakota redistricting lawsuit

Associated Press  

BISMARCK, N.D. — The clock is running out on a Friday deadline for North Dakota’s Republican-controlled Legislature to draw new legislative boundaries compliant with the Voting Rights Act for two Native American tribes who successfully sued for new lines. A federal judge last month ruled that the state’s 2021 redistricting map violates the landmark 1965 civil rights law in diluting …

Louisiana lawmakers have until Jan. 15 to enact new congressional map, court says
1 year, 1 month ago

Louisiana lawmakers have until Jan. 15 to enact new congressional map, court says

Associated Press  

— The Louisiana Legislature has until Jan. 15 to enact a new congressional map after a lower court last year ruled that the current political boundaries dilute the power of the state’s Black voters, a federal New Orleans appeals court said Friday. U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick said in her ruling that “evidence of Louisiana’s long and ongoing history of …

California governor vetoes bill requiring independent panels to draw local voting districts
1 year, 3 months ago

California governor vetoes bill requiring independent panels to draw local voting districts

Associated Press  

Gavin Newsom has vetoed legislation that would have required dozens of his state’s largest cities, counties and educational districts to use independent commissions to draw voting districts, dealing a setback to “redistricting reform” advocates. He added: “We were hopeful that this was an opportunity for California to show the rest of the nation what it looks like to put gerrymandering …

SC Republicans to appeal redistricting case to Supreme Court
1 year, 11 months ago

SC Republicans to appeal redistricting case to Supreme Court

Associated Press  

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A federal appeals court has denied South Carolina Republicans’ motion for a stay in the ongoing challenge over the state’s congressional district map. If the Supreme Court takes the case and affirms the federal panel’s ruling, the state’s coastal 1st District will not be redrawn until 30 days after the high court’s final decision. After the new …

EXPLAINER: What’s ahead for Ohio’s unsettled political maps?
2 years ago

EXPLAINER: What’s ahead for Ohio’s unsettled political maps?

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The election contests of 2022 may have been held and decided, but Ohio’s political maps remain far from settled. Voters gave the Ohio Supreme Court “exclusive, original jurisdiction” to decide legal challenges, which included three lawsuits against the legislative maps and two lawsuits against the congressional map. Ohio’s congressional map dispute is now awaiting action in the …

California attorney general will investigate L.A. redistricting in wake of leaked audio
2 years, 2 months ago

California attorney general will investigate L.A. redistricting in wake of leaked audio

LA Times  

Rob Bonta said Wednesday that his office would investigate the Los Angeles redistricting process that took place last fall, saying an inquiry is needed to “restore confidence” in the line-drawing of the city’s 15 council districts. Fred Ali, who was appointed by Martinez to the redistricting commission and served as its chairman, said he was “horrified” by “the racism you …

NC Supreme Court OKs speeding up redistricting arguments
2 years, 5 months ago

NC Supreme Court OKs speeding up redistricting arguments

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — In another remapping decision along partisan leanings, the North Carolina Supreme Court has agreed to speed up arguments on further challenges to the boundaries for the state’s legislative seats and congressional districts. But the order said expediting all redistricting appeals was based on “the great public interest in the subject matter of this case, the importance of …

Judge denies extension for Louisiana redistricting deadline
2 years, 6 months ago

Judge denies extension for Louisiana redistricting deadline

Associated Press  

BATON ROUGE — A request by Louisiana legislative leaders to extend the deadline of completing a new congressional map — that must include a second majority-Black district — was rejected by a federal judge Thursday. Dick additionally described the efforts by House Speaker Clay Schexnayder, on the first day of the six-day special session, as “disingenuous” and “insincere.” “With five …

Legislators ask more time to comply with redistricting order
2 years, 6 months ago

Legislators ask more time to comply with redistricting order

Associated Press  

Louisiana’s legislative leaders are asking for at least 10 more days to comply with a federal judge’s order to redraw congressional districts so two have Black majorities. Also Tuesday, a federal appeals court scheduled arguments July 8 about Judge Shelly Dick’s ruling that the current districts violate the Voting Rights Act. “There are 144 legislators in the State Legislature, and …

Judges impose voided Statehouse map, set Aug. 2 primary
2 years, 7 months ago

Judges impose voided Statehouse map, set Aug. 2 primary

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A federal court panel on Friday ordered Ohio to hold an Aug. 2 primary using the third set of Statehouse maps approved by the Ohio Redistricting Commission, despite a rebuke of the plan by the state’s high court. “So we chose the best of our bad options.” The federal court’s decision came in a lawsuit brought by …

Ohioans got short shrift as political map fight dragged on
2 years, 7 months ago

Ohioans got short shrift as political map fight dragged on

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Accusations have flown for months over who’s to blame for Ohio’s protracted redistricting predicament — a mess of a political mapmaking fight that’s left the state without settled political maps and voters without a day for electing party nominees to Statehouse seats. With Republican legislative leaders often holding sway, commission’s lags included 10 days between the census …

Judge declines to toss New York Assembly redistricting maps
2 years, 7 months ago

Judge declines to toss New York Assembly redistricting maps

Associated Press  

ALBANY, N.Y. — A New York judge refused Wednesday to throw out new political maps setting the boundaries of state Assembly districts, saying even though they were drafted improperly, opponents had waited too long to join the lawsuit challenging them in court. Previous court rulings struck down the party’s favored new maps for state Senate and U.S. House districts as …

Justices send Ohio Statehouse maps back to drawing board
2 years, 8 months ago

Justices send Ohio Statehouse maps back to drawing board

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A divided Ohio Supreme Court issued an extraordinary fourth rebuke of the state’s Republican-controlled redistricting panel on Thursday, declaring mapmakers’ latest maps for Statehouse districts were yet another partisan gerrymander. In a vote by the same bipartisan 4-3 majority that ruled against the previous three maps, the court ordered the embattled and defiant Ohio Redistricting Commission back …

Tennessee high court reinstates new state Senate districts
2 years, 8 months ago

Tennessee high court reinstates new state Senate districts

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Supreme Court on Wednesday reinstated the new state Senate map drawn up by Republicans this year in redistricting, ruling that a lower panel of judges didn’t properly consider how blocking the map and extending the candidate filing deadline would harm elections officials and cause voter confusion. “We conclude that the trial court erred by granting …

Judge rejects New York’s redistricting plan, orders new maps
2 years, 9 months ago

Judge rejects New York’s redistricting plan, orders new maps

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A lower-court judge declared New York’s new congressional and legislative district maps unconstitutional Thursday and ordered the legislature to quickly redraw them, a process that could delay the state’s fast-approaching party primaries. If the Democrat-controlled legislature can’t come up with “bipartisanly supported” maps fast the judge said he would hire his own expert to redraw them, at …

Ohio Supreme Court rejects GOP-drawn Statehouse district maps for the third time
2 years, 9 months ago

Ohio Supreme Court rejects GOP-drawn Statehouse district maps for the third time

Raw Story  

A bipartisan majority on the Ohio Supreme Court has for the third time rejected Statehouse district maps passed along partisan lines by Republicans on the Ohio Redistricting Commission. “Senator Huffman’s concern for protecting incumbents is not grounded in Article XI.” Kennedy and DeWine wrote their own dissent, that shamed the majority opinion for issuing a judgment “guaranteed to disrupt an …

Ohio justices toss GOP Statehouse maps, order fix in 10 days
2 years, 11 months ago

Ohio justices toss GOP Statehouse maps, order fix in 10 days

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Supreme Court declared GOP-drawn legislative maps invalid on Wednesday, agreeing with voting rights advocates that the lines were unconstitutionally gerrymandered. In a 4-3 ruling, the court sent the maps back to the Ohio Redistricting Commission to take another crack at complying with provisions of a 2015 constitutional amendment. This was the powerful Redistricting Commission’s first …

California redistricting commission defends new state maps
3 years ago

California redistricting commission defends new state maps

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Members of the California Citizens Redistricting Commission defended their months of sometimes chaotic work Monday as they handed off the completed maps that, barring successful court challenges, will govern congressional and legislative elections for the next 10 years. The maps they formally presented to California’s top elections official, Secretary of State Shirley Weber, form new jigsaw puzzles …

Criticism resumes of proposed redistricting maps in Virginia
3 years ago

Criticism resumes of proposed redistricting maps in Virginia

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — Some residents and politicians criticized proposed redistricting maps for Virginia on Friday, telling the state’s Supreme Court that many communities would see their voting strength diluted by seemingly arbitrary political boundaries. Virginia’s Supreme Court is redrawing the state’s congressional and legislative maps after a new bipartisan redistricting commission failed to agree on maps earlier this year. Maurice …

Washington state panel fails to draw new political maps
3 years, 1 month ago

Washington state panel fails to draw new political maps

Associated Press  

SPOKANE, Wash. — Washington state’s bipartisan redistricting commission failed to meet its deadline for redrawing political maps, meaning the task will now be taken up by the state Supreme Court. “Last night, after substantial work marked by mutual respect and dedication to the important task, the four voting commissioners on the state redistricting commission were unable to adopt a districting …

Lawsuit says South Carolina redistricting is taking too long
3 years, 2 months ago

Lawsuit says South Carolina redistricting is taking too long

Associated Press  

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Two civil rights groups are suing South Carolina, saying state lawmakers are taking too long to draw new maps for U.S. and state House districts. South Carolina Senate President Harvey Peeler called for an Oct. 12 special session last month, but canceled it about a week later saying a committee working on the districts wouldn’t be finished …

Michigan redistricting commission to vote on draft maps
3 years, 3 months ago

Michigan redistricting commission to vote on draft maps

Associated Press  

LANSING, Mich. — After seven weeks of mapping, Michigan’s new redistricting commission is starting to vote on much-anticipated draft congressional and legislative plans. In early November, the commission of four Democrats, four Republicans and five members who affiliate with neither major party plans to vote on proposed maps and — following a 45-day comment period — adopt final maps by …

Ohio lawmakers set to miss another redistricting deadline
3 years, 3 months ago

Ohio lawmakers set to miss another redistricting deadline

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — State lawmakers in Ohio will miss their initial Thursday deadline for redrawing the state’s congressional district maps for the next decade, a key lawmaker says. The lapse predicted by Senate President Matt Huffman punts the job to the Ohio Redistricting Commission, a newly created panel already facing criticism and lawsuits challenging the fairness of the new map …

Wisconsin Republicans take redistricting case to high court
3 years, 3 months ago

Wisconsin Republicans take redistricting case to high court

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Republican state lawmakers on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to dismiss a redistricting lawsuit brought by Democrats that asks a federal court to draw political boundary lines in the battleground state. The filing by attorneys representing the Republican-controlled Legislature comes two days after the conservative-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court said it would hear a similar case …

Redistricting session set for Oct. 5; court OKs more time
3 years, 3 months ago

Redistricting session set for Oct. 5; court OKs more time

Associated Press  

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on Tuesday set a special legislative session for Oct. 5 to approve redrawn legislative and congressional district maps, and the chief justice of the state Supreme Court signed an order giving lawmakers extra time to complete their task. Also Tuesday, Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Susan Christensen signed an order allowing the …

Ohio redistricting panel to miss Sept. 1 redrawing deadline
3 years, 4 months ago

Ohio redistricting panel to miss Sept. 1 redrawing deadline

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The panel charged with redrawing Ohio’s state legislative districts for the next 10 years will miss its Sept. 1 deadline, triggering an extension until the middle of the month. While Senate Democrats submitted the first map of the process on Tuesday, maps by GOP lawmakers are still in the work, said Republican House Speaker Bob Cupp, co-chair …

Michigan redistricting panel OKs mapping process, schedule
3 years, 4 months ago

Michigan redistricting panel OKs mapping process, schedule

Associated Press  

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan’s redistricting commission on Thursday approved a process and schedule to draft, propose and ultimately adopt congressional and legislative maps by year’s end. The 10-2 vote came after commissioners changed course and decided to initially bounce between crafting U.S. House, state Senate and state House districts rather than go one at a time. We’ve just got to …

Iowa official says expect first redistricting maps Sept. 16
3 years, 4 months ago

Iowa official says expect first redistricting maps Sept. 16

Associated Press  

DES MOINES, Iowa — The first Iowa redistricting maps will be delivered on Sept. 16 beginning the process for redrawing political boundaries for legislative and congressional districts, a state official said Tuesday. The nonpartisan Iowa Legislative Services Agency received updated software and U.S. Census Bureau data from a state vendor on Monday and will begin drawing new maps, said Ed …

Michigan court won’t extend voting redistricting deadline
3 years, 6 months ago

Michigan court won’t extend voting redistricting deadline

Associated Press  

LANSING, Mich — The Michigan Supreme Court on Friday denied a request to extend the deadline for drawing new legislative and congressional maps despite a delay in census redistricting data. The commission was established by voters in 2018 to limit gerrymandering by having randomly selected Michigan residents, representing balanced political alignments, draw voting district boundaries every 10 years instead of …

Dem opposition nixes GOP fix for Ohio redistricting glitch
3 years, 8 months ago

Dem opposition nixes GOP fix for Ohio redistricting glitch

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio’s Republican legislative leaders abandoned plans Wednesday for a fast-moving constitutional amendment that would have allowed deadlines for making state political maps to be extended due to pandemic-related delays in the 2020 census. “The real question is, if the data and the other things that need to be done can’t be done by Sept. 15, what happens?” …

Indiana lawmakers plan redistricting session later this year
3 years, 8 months ago

Indiana lawmakers plan redistricting session later this year

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana lawmakers have approved a plan for returning to the Statehouse later this year in order to approve new election districts. The House and Senate both voted Thursday in favor of a bill extending the current legal deadline for adjourning this year’s legislative session from April 29 until Nov. 15. Legislative leaders say they plan to end this …

Indiana lawmakers planning on return for redistricting votes
3 years, 8 months ago

Indiana lawmakers planning on return for redistricting votes

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana lawmakers won’t be done for the year when their regular legislative session ends later this month. Legislative leaders are laying the groundwork for a return by all 150 lawmakers to Indianapolis months from now to approve new congressional and General Assembly districts based on data from last year’s census. Provisions included in the state budget bill would …

Lawmakers given more time to redraw Oregon political lines
3 years, 9 months ago

Lawmakers given more time to redraw Oregon political lines

Associated Press  

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Oregon Supreme Court on Friday ruled that the Legislature will have until Sept. 27 to complete the redistricting process, giving lawmakers more time to draw political boundaries following a delay in crucial census data. We have full faith in the legislative redistricting committees to lead this work,” Senate President Peter Courtney and House Speaker Tina Kotek …

Federal judge nixes Ohio’s push for early redistricting data
3 years, 9 months ago

Federal judge nixes Ohio’s push for early redistricting data

Associated Press  

A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by the state of Ohio that tried to get the U.S. Census Bureau to provide data used for drawing congressional and legislative districts ahead of its planned release. U.S. District Judge Thomas Rose in Dayton, Ohio, rejected the state’s request for a preliminary injunction that would have forced the Census Bureau …

Oregon officials seek answers about redistricting deadline
3 years, 9 months ago

Oregon officials seek answers about redistricting deadline

Associated Press  

PORTLAND, Ore. — As Oregon’s redistricting deadline draws closer, and census data is delayed, the state’s legislative leaders and the secretary of state are discussing how to move forward. However, during a news conference Wednesday Secretary of State Shemia Fagan said while she agrees about seeking clarity from the court, her office will offer another option — to move forward …

6-Month Delay In Census Redistricting Data Could Throw Elections Into Chaos
3 years, 10 months ago

6-Month Delay In Census Redistricting Data Could Throw Elections Into Chaos

NPR  

6-Month Delay In Census Redistricting Data Could Throw Elections Into Chaos Enlarge this image toggle caption Gabriele Holtermann-Gorden/Sipa USA via Reuters Gabriele Holtermann-Gorden/Sipa USA via Reuters Updated at 7:08 p.m. Then, in a statement, the bureau said the timing shift allows it to "deliver complete and accurate redistricting data in a more timely fashion overall for the states," which are …

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