30

Jan

Casedocs, Redistricting Race Rulescity of pasadena, patino, Texas

Case Filing: Patino v. City of Pasadena

By Editor

Voters represented by the Mexican American Legal Defense Fund filed suit this past November claiming minority vote dilution against the City of Pasadena, Texas. At issue is a change in the voting…

19

Jan

Redistricting Commissions, Strategy and PoliticsNew Mexico, Santa Fe

Santa Fe Looking for a Few Good Geographers

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The City of Santa Fe, New Mexico is looking for citizens to fill the seven spots on its Citizens' Redistricting Commission. The body will be in charge of redrawing Santa…

07

Jan

Redistricting Commissions, Redistricting LitigationOhio

Redistricting Reform Moves Through Ohio Legislature

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Republicans have controlled state redistricting in Ohio for the past three decades through control of Ohio Apportionment Board. They are ceding a good deal of that power over redistricting by passing…

08

Dec

Equal Protection, LAW, NEWS, POLICY and PRACTICE, Race in Redistricting, Racial Gerrymandering, Redistricting, Redistricting Gerrymanders, Redistricting Litigation, Redistricting Race RulesAlabama, scotus, States

Listen: Supreme Court Oral Argument in Alabama Racial Gerrymander Case

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  Listen to the Supreme Court's oral arguments in the consolidated cases; Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama and  Alabama Democratic Conference v. Alabama. Democratic lawmakers in the Alabama legislature claim the…

08

Dec

Redistricting, Redistricting Gerrymanders, Redistricting Litigation, Redistricting Race RulesAlabama, scotus

Supreme Court Will Decide Whether Alabama Gerrymander is a Racial or Partisan One.

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NPR previews Ala. Legis. Black Caucus v. Alabama; a claim alleging that the Alabama state legislature's 2010 legislative redistricting map is a racial gerrymander. Alabama says the Voting Rights Act…

30

Jul

Redistricting, Redistricting Litigation, Redistricting Race Rules

One Year After Shelby, Growing Focus Toward Local Elections

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Since the Supreme Court invalidated the Department of Justices’ authority to enforce the preclearance requirements of section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, voting rights organizations including the NAACP Legal…

21

Jul

Redistricting, Redistricting Litigationfeatured

Video: Senate Committee Ponders Life After Shelby and the VRAA

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July 21, 2014 Lately, the voting rights world has made the sharp distinction between voting rights before the Supreme Court’s decision in Shelby v. Holder dismantling section 5 of the…

31

Jan

Redistricting, Redistricting Race Rules, Strategy and Politics2020, majority-minority districts

2020 Vision : A Noteworthy Prediction for Redistricting in the Next Cycle

By Editor

We are just three years into the decade long redistricting cycle that began with the 2010 census. It is a cycle that begins with sorting through winners and losers of…

28

Jan

Redistricting, Redistricting Litigation

Is the Proposed Voting Rights Act Amendment Constitutionally Defective?

By Editor

The recently proposed Voting Rights Act Amendment (VRAA) embodies the ambitious purpose of not only reanimating federal preclearance provisions invalidated by the U.S. Supreme Court this past summer, but it…