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Michigan Commission’s Congressional Map gets a New Challenge in Federal Court

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A federal lawsuit challenging the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission's newly adopted congressional map was filed last week. In what could be a test of how federal courts view the…

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Wisconsin Lawsuit is Third Court Challenge Anticipating a Political “Impasse” for Redistricting Maps

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Wisconsin voters join voters in Pennsylvania and Minnesota by initiating litigation in anticipation of a political impasse between the legislative and executive branches in the map-redrawing process. A group of…

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Parties Debate Timeliness of Lawsuit in PA Congressional Map Challenge

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A group of voters in Pennsylvania started the 2020 litigation cycle early by suing in Pennsylvania state court over the state's congressional map. The lawsuit presumes that the state legislature…

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BASICS: Defining Equal Population in Redistricting

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Redistricting is the process of redrawing election boundaries to equalize population, but you might ask; what population? and whether states and local jurisdictions have a choice in the matter. The…

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Analysis: Do Redistricting Maps with Deviations Under 10% Violate the Equal Population Rule? Sometimes.

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Most legal challenges to redistricting maps based on population deviation center around deviations that are too large. However, there are a handful of cases in which a court has found…

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Prison Gerrymandering Decision Halted in Rhode Island

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Cranston, Rhode Island – A federal appeals court has temporarily halted a lower court decision and order to redraw the city’s legislative boundaries pending an appellate hearing. A U.S. District…