On Friday, the House passed a voting rights bill aimed at ending corruption in politics. H.R.Source: The Democrats' Voting Rights Bill Could End Partisan Gerrymandering. Republicans Won't Let That Happen....
Gov. Larry Hogan has filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court, seeking to back up the claims of Maryland residents who argue the state’s 6th Congressional District was unconstitutionally gerrymandered.Source: Gov. Hogan, Arnold Schwarzenegger weigh in on Maryland redistricting case before U.S. Supreme Court...
Every 10 years, the federal government conducts a census. The states then use the data from the census to draw new maps for their state legislatures and federal congressional districts. The maps often take politics into account – for example, to protect incumbents.Source: Justices to tackle partisan gerrymandering … again: In Plain English...
Durham, N.C. — If the 300-odd people packed inside a cavernous Duke University event space this weekend to discuss efforts to end gerrymandering needed any reminders the issue was rapidly shifting under their feet, they barely had to wait for the event's opening lunch. Around noon Friday, the U.Source: Supreme Court casts long shadow over talks on gerrymandering reform...
Redistricting commissions formed to draw fairer congressional maps have sprung up in more than one third of states—partly in response to the lack of judicial clarity on partisan gerrymandering. But their legal vitality could be on shaky ground.Source: Panels to End Gerrymandering Could Reach SCOTUS (2)...
The Supreme Court will grapple with the legality of partisan gerrymandering in March when it hears arguments challenging congressional-district maps in two states.Source: Supreme Court to take on partisan gerrymandering this year...
Final Utah election returns show that Proposition Four, setting up an independent redistricting commission for U.S. House and state legislative boundaries, passed with 50.3% of the vote. The final tally is: yes 512,218; no 505,274. The measure failed in 25 of Utah’s 29 counties.Source: Utah Initiative for Nonpartisan Redistricting Passed, Even Though it Lost in 25 of Utah’s 29 Counties...
Virginia’s House of Delegates is one of the most gerrymandered bodies in the country. In 2017, Democrats won the statewide popular vote in Virginia’s legislative races by over nine percentage points.Source: Republicans just got bad news about one of their worst gerrymanders...
The Supreme Court is scheduled to return to a deeply divisive issue on Friday when the justices meet behind closed doors to discuss an issue left unresolved last term: when do states go too far in drawing district lines for partisan gain?Source: Supreme Court discussing partisan gerrymandering behind closed doors Friday...
The redistricting after the 2020 Census will mark the first time in modern history that Maryland has redrawn its congressional maps under a divided government. Early signs suggest a prolonged fight.Source: Maryland faces big battle over partisan gerrymandering...
