Articles for Redistricting

Editorial: This election showed L.A. voters are fed up with City Hall corruption and scandal
1 month, 1 week ago

Editorial: This election showed L.A. voters are fed up with City Hall corruption and scandal

LA Times  

Los Angeles City Councilmember Kevin de León speaks to supporters as election results are seen on a screen behind him last week. Two years after the leaked audio scandal rocked Los Angeles City Hall, voters finally had their say in this election. Voters overwhelmingly backed charter changes designed to curb elected officials’ political power by creating an independent redistricting commission …

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Ohio’s Anti-Gerrymandering Ballot Measure Fails
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Ohio’s Anti-Gerrymandering Ballot Measure Fails

Huff Post  

An Ohio ballot measure to reform the state’s redistricting process with a constitutional amendment failed, meaning the power to draw congressional and state legislative districts will remain in the hands of politicians. The ballot measure, known as Issue 1, proposed a state constitutional amendment to replace Ohio’s current map-drawing body, the Republican-dominated Ohio Redistricting Commission, with one to be called …

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Alabama's 2nd Congressional District: A Heated Battle for Control
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Alabama's 2nd Congressional District: A Heated Battle for Control

Associated Press  

Alabama voters will decide who will represent a congressional district that was redrawn after a lengthy legal battle. Democrat Shomari Figures, a former top aide to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, faces Republican Caroleene Dobson, an attorney and political newcomer, in the race for Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District. The district, which had been reliably Republican, became competitive after it was …

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Ohio to Decide on Constitutional Amendment Establishing a Citizen-Led Redistricting Commission
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Ohio to Decide on Constitutional Amendment Establishing a Citizen-Led Redistricting Commission

Associated Press  

Ohio voters will decide whether to establish a citizen-led redistricting commission to replace the state's troubled political mapmaking system. The proposed amendment calls for replacing the current redistricting commission with a 15-person citizen-led commission of Republicans, Democrats and independents selected by retired judges. The measure has sparked debate, with proponents arguing that it would be fairer and more representative, while …

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Gerrymandering in 2024: How "deeply steered" districts benefit Republicans
2 months ago

Gerrymandering in 2024: How "deeply steered" districts benefit Republicans

Salon  

In 1999, there were 164 House districts where election results were within five points of the national popular vote. The problem, for Democrats, is that two states where they likely had the best opportunity to pick up seats via redistricting, New York and California, have laws preventing them from doing so. Alabama and Louisiana were ordered by a court to …

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L.A. City Council districts could be radically reshaped by state attorney general’s probe
2 months, 2 weeks ago

L.A. City Council districts could be radically reshaped by state attorney general’s probe

LA Times  

Rob Bonta, shown earlier this year, has been pushing Los Angeles to conduct a new redistricting process. Such a move probably would undermine Latino voting strength in those two districts, said Waldman, who has closely tracked city and state redistricting since 2001. Jurado, in a news release last week, seized on the news of Bonta’s investigation, saying that De León …

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Endorsement: Yes to fixing L.A. City Hall. These measures will fight corruption and increase trust in government
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Endorsement: Yes to fixing L.A. City Hall. These measures will fight corruption and increase trust in government

LA Times  

Two years after Los Angeles City Hall was rocked by scandal, voters on Nov. 5 have the chance to enact important reforms to curb elected officials’ political power and increase independent ethics oversight. Charter Amendment DD would create a truly independent redistricting commission so that never again can the city’s politicians draw their own lines and, in effect, choose their …

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Your guide to Charter Amendment DD: Taking redistricting away from L.A. politicians
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Your guide to Charter Amendment DD: Taking redistricting away from L.A. politicians

LA Times  

For decades, redistricting in Los Angeles has been something of a blood sport. The once-a-decade drawing of new boundaries for the City Council’s 15 districts has resulted in power plays, self-dealing and even some score-settling at City Hall. In 1986, for example, the City Council almost completely wiped out the Hollywood Hills district of Councilmember Joel Wachs, pushing it deep …

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Your guide to Charter Amendment LL: Taking LAUSD redistricting away from L.A. politicians
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Your guide to Charter Amendment LL: Taking LAUSD redistricting away from L.A. politicians

LA Times  

The November election will give Los Angeles-area voters the opportunity to enact sweeping changes over who will have access to political power — through the process of how voter districts are shaped. But voters also will decide on Charter Amendment LL, a measure that would create a comparable process for all the territory within the Los Angeles Unified School District, …

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GOP Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine opposes fall ballot effort to replace troubled political mapmaking system
4 months, 3 weeks ago

GOP Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine opposes fall ballot effort to replace troubled political mapmaking system

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said Wednesday that he will work to defeat a fall ballot issue aimed at remaking the state’s troubled political mapmaking system, and, if it passes, work with state lawmakers next year to advance a competing amendment based on the Iowa model. They all go away.” DeWine said Iowa’s system — in which …

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Mississippi must move quickly on a court-ordered redistricting, say voting rights attorneys
5 months, 1 week ago

Mississippi must move quickly on a court-ordered redistricting, say voting rights attorneys

Hindustan Times  

— Mississippi should work quickly to fulfill the court-ordered redrawing of some legislative districts to ensure more equitable representation for Black residents, attorneys for voting rights groups said in a new court filing Friday. Mississippi must move quickly on a court-ordered redistricting, say voting rights attorneys The attorneys also said it's important to hold special elections in the reconfigured state …

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Mississippi must move quickly on a court-ordered redistricting, say voting rights attorneys
5 months, 1 week ago

Mississippi must move quickly on a court-ordered redistricting, say voting rights attorneys

Associated Press  

— Mississippi should work quickly to fulfill the court-ordered redrawing of some legislative districts to ensure more equitable representation for Black residents, attorneys for voting rights groups said in a new court filing Friday. The attorneys also said it’s important to hold special elections in the reconfigured state House and Senate districts on Nov. 5 — the same day as …

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Utah Supreme Court sides with opponents of redistricting that carved up Democratic-leaning area
5 months, 1 week ago

Utah Supreme Court sides with opponents of redistricting that carved up Democratic-leaning area

Associated Press  

Utah’s Supreme Court handed a victory Thursday to opponents of redistricting that carved up Democratic-leaning Salt Lake County among four congressional districts that have since all elected Republicans by wide margins. The Supreme Court sent the case back to a lower court to revisit the process for redrawing the state’s congressional boundaries. The contested map approved by the state’s Republican-controlled …

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Wisconsin taxpayers to pay half the cost of redistricting consultants hired by Supreme Court
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Wisconsin taxpayers to pay half the cost of redistricting consultants hired by Supreme Court

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin taxpayers will pay half of the $128,000 bill submitted by redistricting consultants hired by the state’s Supreme Court for the work they did reviewing proposed legislative maps, the liberal majority of the court ordered Monday. They called the court’s order a “brazen imposition of judicial will.” The court hired a pair of redistricting consultants to review …

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US Supreme Court sends Arkansas redistricting case back to judges after South Carolina ruling
6 months, 2 weeks ago

US Supreme Court sends Arkansas redistricting case back to judges after South Carolina ruling

Associated Press  

The Supreme Court on Monday sent a lawsuit challenging Arkansas’ 2021 U.S. House map back to a three-judge panel, ordering it to review the suit in light of the high court’s decision against similar claims of bias in a redistricting case from South Carolina. A three-judge panel last year dismissed the suit, which claimed the redrawn map violated the U.S. …

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Supreme Court OKs shift of Black voters to shore up GOP congressional district
7 months ago

Supreme Court OKs shift of Black voters to shore up GOP congressional district

LA Times  

At issue in the South Carolina case was a congressional district in the Charleston area held by Republican Rep. Nancy Mace. The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a state’s mapmakers may shift tens of thousands of Black voters to a different district if they were seeking to shore up a partisan advantage for a Republican candidate. In a 6-3 decision, …

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The U.S. Supreme Court upholds Louisiana's redistricting plan
7 months, 1 week ago

The U.S. Supreme Court upholds Louisiana's redistricting plan

NPR  

The U.S. Supreme Court upholds Louisiana's redistricting plan Enlarge this image toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The U.S. Supreme Court has for all practical purposes upheld a new congressional redistricting plan in Louisiana that provides for a second majority-Black district. At the same time that the court upheld the creation of a second majority-Black congressional district in …

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New York gets a new congressional map that gives Democrats a slight edge in fight for House
9 months, 3 weeks ago

New York gets a new congressional map that gives Democrats a slight edge in fight for House

Associated Press  

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov. The lines are similar to both the existing congressional map and a proposal drawn by the state’s bipartisan redistricting commission, yet appeared far from the aggressive partisan gerrymander many expected after Democrats took control of the redistricting process earlier this week. Democrats also reversed proposed changes from the state’s bipartisan redistricting commission that would …

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New York Democrats propose new congressional lines that could help them in battleground races
9 months, 3 weeks ago

New York Democrats propose new congressional lines that could help them in battleground races

Associated Press  

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Democrats are proposing a new congressional map that could shift a few battleground districts in the party’s favor, potentially giving their candidates an advantage in House races that could determine control of Congress. The plan falls far short of the aggressive gerrymander many expected when Democrats seized control of the state’s unusual mid-decade redistricting process. …

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New York Democrats reject bipartisan congressional map, will draw their own
9 months, 3 weeks ago

New York Democrats reject bipartisan congressional map, will draw their own

Hindustan Times  

ALBANY, N.Y. — Democrats in the New York Legislature on Monday rejected a congressional map drawn by the state's bipartisan redistricting commission, setting the stage for the party to craft lines that help Democrats in battleground House races that could determine control of Congress. U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, who is leading Democrats' effort to recapture House seats in New York, …

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U.S. House of Representatives 2024: New York state redistricting maps could win Democrats a majority in November.
10 months ago

U.S. House of Representatives 2024: New York state redistricting maps could win Democrats a majority in November.

Slate  

Last week, Democrats in New York scored one big victory on their path toward retaking a House majority with the triumph of Rep. Tom Suozzi in the state’s 3rd District, flipping it from Republican control. If the IRC’s maps are voted down, New York’s Democrat-controlled Legislature will take over redistricting duty from the nonpartisan body, a political triumph national Democrats …

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New York redistricting panel approves new congressional map with modest changes
10 months, 1 week ago

New York redistricting panel approves new congressional map with modest changes

Associated Press  

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York’s bipartisan redistricting commission approved a new congressional map Thursday that makes modest changes to three competitive districts but does not substantially alter the rest of the state’s lines. New York’s congressional redistricting process has been closely watched this year because suburban races in the state could have an outsize influence on which party controls the …

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Federal judges sound hesitant to overturn ruling on North Carolina Senate redistricting
10 months, 1 week ago

Federal judges sound hesitant to overturn ruling on North Carolina Senate redistricting

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — An appeals court on Thursday weighed a plea to halt the use of two new North Carolina state Senate districts starting this year on arguments the boundaries approved by the Republican-controlled legislature illegally weaken the ability of Black voters in a large region to elect their favored candidate. Circuit Court of Appeals that heard oral arguments sounded …

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Wisconsin Republicans urge state Supreme Court to reject redistricting report’s findings
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Wisconsin Republicans urge state Supreme Court to reject redistricting report’s findings

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Republicans urged the state Supreme Court on Thursday to ignore a report from redistricting consultants that determined GOP-proposed legislative maps were unconstitutional partisan gerrymanders. While Republicans argue that the consultants’ findings are unsound, Democrats asked the court on Thursday to adopt one of their maps that the consultants found were “nearly indistinguishable.” The stakes are huge …

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