15

Jun

Uncategorizedcivil rights, Duke University, featured, onevotesncc.org, sncc

Who Tells Martin Luther King “Thanks But No Thanks?” – Explore this Civil Rights History Project

By Editor

In this 50th year following the enactment of the Voting Rights Act a new website has launched that will peer deep into the roots of the civil rights movement that…

20

Feb

Uncategorizedreform, Virginia

Virginia House Committee Tables Redistricting Reform Bill

By Editor

Richmond- A bill that would require Virginia legislators to redistrict without using political data was stuck down in a House subcommittee Thursday. Senate Bill 840, which passed the Va. senate…

20

Feb

UncategorizedAlabama, Arizona

Three Current Voting Rights Cases Explained in Plain Terms

By Editor

Stanford Law Review president Michael Mestitz explains three Voting Rights Act cases before the Supreme Court this term in layman's terms. Read the article here.

16

Feb

UncategorizedArizona, Florida, Virginia, Yakima Washington

Quarterly Redistricting Update: January 2015

By Editor

Arizona    October 2014- The Supreme Court agreed to hear the Arizona State Legislature’s case against the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission - formed in 2000 when voters approved Proposition 106. This proposition amended…

16

Feb

UncategorizedFlorida, North Carolina, quarterly updates, Texas, Yakima Washington

Quarterly Redistricting Update: October 2014

By Editor

Florida Fair Districts Case In early July, a circuit court judge in Tallahassee ruled Florida’s congressional map did indeed violate the state’s Fair Districts amendments outlawing partisan influenced linedrawing. The…

13

Feb

Uncategorized

U.S.- H.R. 885 To amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965

By Editor

U.S: H.R. 885- To amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to revise the criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to section 4 of the Act,…

13

Feb

Uncategorized

Tennessee: HB0302-(Prisoner Reallocation) Legislative and Congressional Redistricting

By Editor

Tennessee: HB0302 - requires use of adjusted population data relative to incarcerated individuals for congressional, legislative, and county redistricting plans, beginning April 1, 2020 Read the Bill Track the Bill

13

Feb

Uncategorized

North Carolina: H49-Independent Redistricting Commission

By Editor

North Carolina: H49-Independent Redistricting Commission AN ACT to amend the constitution to establish an independent redistricting commission to prepare redistricting plans after the 2030 census and thereafter. Read the Bill…

13

Feb

Uncategorized

Virginia: SB 1000 Temporary Redistricting Advisory Commission

By Editor

Virginia: SB 1000 Provides a new method for the preparation of state legislative and congressional redistricting plans; spells out standards for developing plans, including population equality, compactness, maintenance of cores…