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Sep

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Ohio Redistricting Commission Maps Challenged in State Supreme Court as “Brazen” Partisan Gerrymander

By Editor

On Thursday, a lawsuit was filed by the ACLU on behalf of the League of Women Voters of Ohio and the Ohio chapter of the African American trade union group…

23

Sep

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VA Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Prisoner Reallocation Law

By Editor

The Virginia Supreme Court has rejected a legal challenge to a state law that changes how prison inmates are counted for purposes of redistricting. The petition for a writ of…

12

Mar

NEWS, Redistricting Litigation, State LawsWest Virginia

West Virginia: Review of Litigation in the 2010 Redistricting Cycle

By Editor

The U.S. Supreme Court reversed a lower court decision and upheld West Virginia's 2011 congressional map with population deviations between districts of .79 percent. Tennant v. Jefferson County, No. 11-1184, 567…

09

Mar

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New York State Officials Sued Over Funding for Redistricting Commission

By Editor

The controversy over funding of the New York Redistricting Commission has come to a head as two individuals sue the governor and other state officials over the impasse. One plaintiff…

09

Mar

NEWS, Redistricting Litigation, State Lawsidaho

Idaho: Review of Litigation in the 2010 Redistricting Cycle

By Editor

In 2012, the Idaho Supreme Court Invalidated the legislative map adopted by Idaho Commission on Redistricting on state constitutional grounds. Twin Falls County v. Idaho Comm’n on Redistricting, No. 39373, 2012,…

04

Sep

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Oregon Redistricting Commission Ballot Measure Efforts TimeOut

By Michelle Davis

At least one news outlet has described the failed Oregon redistricting reform ballot initiative as a "dramatic legal saga." By all accounts, they would be correct. You can read a…

01

Sep

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Second Court Rewords Missouri Redistricting Ballot Amendment Language

By Michelle Davis

A county circuit court judge ruled earlier last month that the wording of a ballot measure authored by the Republican legislature was “misleading” in an effort to “entice” voters into…

05

Sep

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Second State Invalidates Redistricting Map Based on Common State Constitutional Provision

By Michelle Davis

September 5, 2019 “the Free Elections Clause of the North Carolina Constitution guarantees that all elections must be conducted freely and honestly to ascertain, fairly and truthfully, the will of…

01

Nov

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Supreme Court Declines to Hear Pennsylvania Republican’s Congressional Map Appeal

By Michelle Davis

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court denied certiorari to Republican lawmakers in the Pennsylvania legislature after a January ruling by the Pa. State Supreme Court invalidating the congressional map enacted by…