Reapportionment Explained in a 2 Minute Video
The U.S. Census Bureau explains the reapportionment process which occurs every decade. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUCnb5_HZc0
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Santa Fe Looking for a Few Good Geographers
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…
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Dec
Listen: Supreme Court Oral Argument in Alabama Racial Gerrymander Case
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
Supreme Court Will Decide Whether Alabama Gerrymander is a Racial or Partisan One.
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…
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Jul
One Year After Shelby, Growing Focus Toward Local Elections
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…
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Jul
Video: Senate Committee Ponders Life After Shelby and the VRAA
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…
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Jan
2020 Vision : A Noteworthy Prediction for Redistricting in the Next Cycle
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…
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Jan
Is the Proposed Voting Rights Act Amendment Constitutionally Defective?
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…
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Jan
Congress Makes First Attempt at Voting Rights Act Amendment
Photo: David Sachs Last week U.S. Rep Jim Sensenbrenner introduced the Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2014 (VRAA); a bill to amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 in an…
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Oct
Voting Rights and Campaign Finance Intersect in NC Lawsuit
Plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the NC Legislature's redistricting map have requested for a second time that one of three judges on the panel hearing the case recuse himself. That…