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Campaign Legal Center Issues a Performance Review of Redistricting Commissions during the 2021 Cycle
The Campaign Legal Center (CLC) released a report evaluating the performance of various redistricting commissions in the 2021 redistricting cycle ... Read More
CA League of Women Voters and Common Cause Release Report & Recommendations for 2030 Redistricting Commission
The California League of Women Voters and Common Cause CA released a report recently summarizing the 2020 redistricting process with ... Read More
Analysis of Proposed Legislative Redistricting Plans submitted to the Wisconsin Supreme Court (Marquette University Law School)
In late December 2023, the Wisconsin Supreme Court invalidated the state legislative maps it had approved in 2022. The court's ... Read More
Watch: Former Chief Senate Legal Counsel Discusses the Status of Ohio’s Redistricting Map Saga on “The State of Ohio” Program
Last Friday, The State of Ohio weekly news program discussed gerrymandering reform and the status of redistricting maps in the ... Read More
Update: Status of New York Redistricting Maps. June 2023
New York's post-2020 census redistricting continues to be contentious. Here is an update on the legal status of the congressional ... Read More
Read: NCSL Report and Recommendations on State Inmate Reallocation Efforts During the 2020 Redistricting Cycle.
The number of states that reallocate (reassign) prisoners/inmates for redistricting has grown from just 2 during the 2010 redistricting cycle ... Read More
Video
New York Redistricting: What Happened and What’s Next? Part Two
In Part Two of the conference hosted by the New York Elections, Census, and Redistricting Institute at New York Law School, Steven Romalewski, Director of the CUNY Mapping Service at the Center for Urban Research at The Graduate Center, gave a presentation on how the district maps changed in New York. A panel of redistricting experts discussed the changes to the redistricting rules, the role of the courts in enacting the new rules, and what might shift before 2030 through new constitutional reform.
National Citizen Redistricting Commissioners Conference Panel: Increasing State and Local IRCs
On December 11-12, 2023, Common Cause brought together redistricting commissioners from across the country to exchange ideas about the critical work of drawing America's voting maps. The conference created space for conversations about the key ingredients for successful independent redistricting and the path to fair representation in 2030.
Rick Hasen with Larry Mantle | America at a Crossroads
How challenges to the Voting Rights Act could reshape the political landscape
Legal challenges surrounding voting rights in multiple states could alter the nation’s political landscape ahead of the 2024 elections. Georgia is redrawing its congressional maps after a judge ruled current maps dilute the power of Black voters. And another ruling could roll back decades of enforcement that protected minority representation. Laura Barrón-López discussed more with Janai Nelson.
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