07

Oct

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Video: CA Redistricting Commission Meeting – August 28, 2020

By Editor

Watch the August 28th meeting of the CRC. This meeting begins with discussion of agenda item No. 10: Karin MacDonald (Director Statewide Database) to Census Bureau on the American Community…

06

Oct

NEWS, POLICY and PRACTICE, Redistricting, VIDEOCalifornia, commission, crc

Video: CA Redistricting Commission Meeting – August 27, 2020

By Editor

Watch the August 27th meeting of the CRC. This meeting begins with discussion of agenda item No. 11: Training on General Government Structure and California Executive Branch Agencies including discussion…

01

Oct

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Monthly Redistricting Update: September

By Editor

Its October 1st and here is what happened on the redistricting front in September. The big news has been the litigation surrounding the census's operations and how the data will…

14

Sep

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Video: New York Legislators Hold Public Hearing on Redistricting

By Michelle Davis

Hoping to grapple with an untenable confluence of logistical realities, the Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment held this hearing in July to deal with possible delayed census…

09

Sep

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Video: California Commission Holds First Meeting. Discusses Census Delays and Accuracy

By Michelle Davis

The 2020 California Citizens Redistricting Commission has recently formed and sworn in all 14 of its members. Below is a clip from the first full meeting on August 26th. The…

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…

02

Oct

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A “Listen” to the Seedy Underbelly of Redistricting

By Michelle Davis

In this Slate article published today, portions of a leaked audio recording of the American Legislative Exchange Council’s 2019 annual meeting in Austin, TX reveals the "bloodsport" that is redistricting.…

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…

25

Apr

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Listen to Supreme Court Oral Arguments in the North Carolina Partisan Gerrymandering Case

By Michelle Davis

On March 26, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Rucho v. Common Cause, a partisan gerrymandering case from North Carolina.Click here for background on this case and its companion…