Its November 1st and here is what happened on the redistricting front in October. The big news is still the litigation surrounding census operations and how the data will be presented. The Supreme Court made two decisive moves in October; first, it overruled a lower CA federal court to allow the Census Bureau to stop counting operations early; Second, it has agreed to hear oral arguments in the lawsuit over how the apportionment numbers will be tallied. Since the last update, the court has gained a ninth member, upping the unpredictability factor. Miss any of this? Read the updates below.
News
Federal Judge Reprimands Census Bureau for Violating its Restraining Order
Supreme Court Stays Lower Court Restraining Order, Allows Census Counting to End Early
Supreme Court Schedules November Oral Argument in Undocumented Immigrant Apportionment Case
Analysis
Most legal challenges to redistricting maps based on population deviation center around deviations that are too large. However, there are a handful of cases in which a court has found a map with minimal deviations (under 10%) to be unconstitutional.
A discussion on how Michigan has approached the principle of communities of interest and what this portends for the new redistricting commission.
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Bookmark these pages to keep track of these public commission meetings as officials engage in redistricting state and local district boundaries.
Watch Full Video of all the California Citizens Independent Redistricting Commission’s Meetings
