29

Jun

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Federal Court Rejects Alabama’s Census Lawsuit

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An Alabama federal district court has rejected the State of Alabama's lawsuit requesting that the U.S. Census Bureau refrain from using the differential privacy method to modify individual census responses…

13

Jun

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MALDEF Challenges Democratic Drawn Illinois State Legislative Map Citing Legislature’s Use of Census Survey Data

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The Mexican American Legal Defense Fund has sued in federal court after the Illinois legislature passed and the governor enacted a state legislative district map drawn using 5 yr census…

13

Jun

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Illinois Minority Leaders Challenge State Legislative Map Drawn with Census Survey Data

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On June 4, Democratic Governor J.B. Pritzker signed a state legislative district map drawn and approved by the Democratic majority in the legislature. The Senate and House minority leaders have…

17

May

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Wisconsin Supreme Court Rejects Bid to Fast-Track Future Redistricting Litigation

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The Wisconsin state supreme court declined on Friday, to include all redistricting cases in its original jurisdiction. The decision was in response to a petition by the Wisconsin Institute for…

04

May

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Federal Court Dismisses Alabama Challenge to Including Illegal Immigrants in Apportionment Results

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On Monday, a federal district court in Alabama dismissed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Census Bureau's practice of including the "whole number of persons in each state" in the census…

30

Apr

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State Court Invalidates the Wisconsin Legislature’s Retainer of Two Law Firms for Redistricting Litigation. Read the Opinion

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On Thursday, a Wisconsin Circuit Court voided two contracts state legislative leaders had entered into with two law firms in anticipation of redistricting litigation. The court concluded that both contracts…

27

Apr

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After Apportionment Results Announced 3 Lawsuits are Filed in 3 States in Anticipation of Redistricting Gridlock

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On Tuesday, three lawsuits were filed in state courts in Louisiana, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania alleging "malapportioned" congressional maps (and statehouse maps in the case of Minnesota). Malapportionment challenges seek to…

24

Apr

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The National Urban League (et al.) Agreed to Settle its Lawsuit Seeking to Slowdown the Census Work Plan. Here are the Details of the Agreement.

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On Thursday, the federal district court overseeing litigation challenging the U.S. Census Bureau's handling of 2020 Census data collection and post-processing, issued an order to dismiss the case with detailed…

23

Apr

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Federal District Court Issues Dismissal of Census Bureau Lawsuit with Detailed Stipulations for Both Parties

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The U.S. Census Bureau has reached an agreement with the various plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit seeking to ensure census data accuracy by asking the court to enforce extended timelines…