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Feb

UncategorizedFlorida, North Carolina, quarterly updates, Texas, Yakima Washington

Quarterly Redistricting Update: October 2014

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Florida Fair Districts Case In early July, a circuit court judge in Tallahassee ruled Florida’s congressional map did indeed violate the state’s Fair Districts amendments outlawing partisan influenced linedrawing. The…

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Feb

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U.S.- H.R. 885 To amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965

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U.S: H.R. 885- To amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to revise the criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to section 4 of the Act,…

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Feb

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Tennessee: HB0302-(Prisoner Reallocation) Legislative and Congressional Redistricting

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Tennessee: HB0302 - requires use of adjusted population data relative to incarcerated individuals for congressional, legislative, and county redistricting plans, beginning April 1, 2020 Read the Bill Track the Bill

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Feb

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North Carolina: H49-Independent Redistricting Commission

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North Carolina: H49-Independent Redistricting Commission AN ACT to amend the constitution to establish an independent redistricting commission to prepare redistricting plans after the 2030 census and thereafter. Read the Bill…

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Feb

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Virginia: SB 1000 Temporary Redistricting Advisory Commission

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Virginia: SB 1000 Provides a new method for the preparation of state legislative and congressional redistricting plans; spells out standards for developing plans, including population equality, compactness, maintenance of cores…

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Feb

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Oregon: HB2945. Relating to redistricting

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Oregon HB2945 -   Requires Legislative Assembly or Secretary of State to provide any data purchased or used to create congressional or legislative reapportionment plan. Read the Bill. Track the Bill

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Feb

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Washington State: SB5668, Washington voting rights act

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Washington State: SB5668. Enacting the Washington voting rights act Read the Bill Track the Bill Here

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Feb

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Guinier and Blacksher Compare Shelby Decision to Dred Scott

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James Blacksher, a practicing voting rights attorney in Alabama and Harvard Law professor and former DOJ Special Asst. to the AAG. for the Civil Rights Division, Lani Guinier write this article…

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Feb

Casedocs, Redistricting Race RulesCommissioners court, Dallas County, Harding, Texas

Case Filing: Missouri NAACP v. Ferguson-Florissant School District et. al.

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Missouri - Plaintiffs content in this lawsuit filed in December that African-American voters in Ferguson-Florissant are denied the ability to elect candidates of their choice to the local school board…