VIDEO: Princeton Gerrymandering Project presents “Redistricting Moneyball 2020”

By Editor

The Princeton Gerrymandering Project and Princeton Election Consortium have created on an electoral model called "Redistricting Moneyball 2020" -- a way to better understand which state elections affect redistricting. On…

Redistrictingreformpage

Video: How to Ensure That Redistricting Is Fair, Open, and Accessible (Campaign Legal Center)

By Editor

The CLC and the League of Women Voters unveil the new report “Designing a Transparent and Ethical Redistricting Process: A Guide to Ensuring that the Redistricting Process is Fair, Open,…

RedistrictingCA-reform, California

Video: LWVCS Presentation on Redistricting in California

By Editor

The League of Women Voters Cupertino-Sunnyvale (LWVCS) hosted a presentation about redistricting by Jonathan Mehta Stein of California Common Cause, on February 22, 2021. The presentation covers the Why, What,…

RedistrictingCA-local, California

VIDEO: 2021 Local Redistricting Workshop for California Cities & Counties

By Editor

This is a recording of a local redistricting workshop and hosted by California Common Cause on January 28, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTEOhq4nzfE&list=PLR3tkoUMOQA0jUtxZklPWUULtsZ97iwi4&index=2&t=3005s 2021 Local Redistricting Workshop for California Cities & Counties. (CA…

Census Data and Geography, DATA and TECHNOLOGY, NEWS, RedistrictingCalifornia, dataindepth, STATENEWS

California Redistricting Commission Gets Confirmation it Can Use Early Census “Legacy Format” Data

By Editor

In a letter to the state's independent redistricting commission, Karin Mac Donald, the director of the California Statewide Database program, (SWDB) confirmed that the SWDB has the technical capabilities to…

Case Updates, Casedocs, LAW, NEWS, RedistrictingAlabama

Update: Alabama Court Grants 3-Judge Panel in Census Lawsuit

By Editor

An Alabama federal district court granted a Mar 8 request for a 3-judge panel by plaintiffs to consider the differential privacy claims raised in a lawsuit filed by the state…

Case Updates, Casedocs, NEWS, RedistrictingMinnesota

Update: Minnesota Court Issues Order to Appoint Special Redistricting Panel if Legislature Fails to Redistrict

By Editor

On March 22, the Minnesota Supreme Court granted the plaintiff's request in Wattson v. Simon to appoint a special redistricting panel for redistricting in the state in anticipation of the…

Case Updates, Census Data and Geography, Census Law, LATEST, LAW, NEWS, Redistricting, Redistricting Litigationlawindepth, lpother, Ohio, STATENEWS

Ohio’s Lawsuit Over Census Data Delay is Dismissed by Federal Court

By Editor

Earlier today, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio denied Ohio's request to the court for an order compelling the U.S. Census Bureau to deliver redistricting data…

FEATURES, LATEST, Official Redistricting Entities, Partisan Gerrymandering, POLICY and PRACTICE, Redistricting, Redistricting Commissions, Redistricting Criteria, Redistricting PrepHR1, lawindepth, national, redistricting reform

Congressional Redistricting Under HR1: A Primer for State Officials

By Jeffrey M. Wice

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.…

Local Redistricting, NEWS, RedistrictingCalifornia, local redistricting, Pomona, STATENEWS

Pomona, CA Seeks Residents to Serve on its Independent Redistricting Commission

By Editor

Pomona, California is seeking 7 residents to serve as commissioners on an independent redistricting panel. Review the requirements here. Pomona City Council Seeks Pomona Residents Interested in Serving on the:Independent…