S.1/H.R.1 is a comprehensive piece of legislation dealing with election administration, voting procedures, and campaign finance, and it includes dramatic requirements for the congressional redistricting process in nearly every state. Whats more, these requirements may apply to the current redistricting cycle. My colleague Nick Stabile and I at New York Law School’s NY Census & Redistricting Institute have drafted this guide (below) for state officials to comply with S.1/H.R.1 if the bill is enacted into law in its current form. It is designed as a “how-to” guide for states to implement HR1/S1’s redistricting provisions if enacted “as is.”
By Jeffrey M. Wice
Jeffrey M. Wice is an Adjunct Professor and Senior Fellow at New York Law School where he directs the New York Census & Redistricting Institute. He is now working on his fifth redistricting cycle. In past years, he served as redistricting counsel to five New York State Assembly Speakers and 4 New York State Senate Democratic leaders. He currently serves as counsel to Assemblyman Robert Rodriguez, the New York Assembly’s redistricting chair and he is the co-editor/author of the National Conference of State Legislatures' recently published 2020 Redistricting Redbook, a comprehensive handbook on the census and redistricting processes. He also served as counsel to the last two New York City Council redistricting commissions and to numerous state and local governments across the nation, including the Massachusetts, Connecticut, California, Virginia legislatures.