31

Jan

FEATURES, LATEST, POLICY and PRACTICE, Redistricting, Redistricting Commissions, VIDEOcommission, meetings, policyindepth, redistricting, STATENEWS, States, Virginia

Watch: The New Virginia Redistricting Commission Conducts its First Full Meeting

By Editor

The brand new 2021 Virginia Redistricting Commission is up and running. This is new for the state, so all eyes will be on the 16-member commission as redistricting looms. You…

02

Jul

FEATURES, Redistricting Gerrymanders, REFORMAnalysis, commission, Independent Redistricting Commission, partisan symmetry, policyindepth, redistricting

Do Independent Redistricting Commissions Produce Neutral Maps?

By Michelle Davis

After the Supreme Court's exit from the partisan gerrymandering business last week, the focus will likely turn to the states. The call for independent redistricting commissions will be key to…

02

Nov

Redistrictingelections, midterms, ncsl, redistricting, Tim Storey

Watch: NCSL Expert Discusses Redistricting and the Midterm Elections

By Michelle Davis

Tim Storey, expert on Elections and Redistricting for the National Conference of State Legislatures, discusses how the upcoming mid-terms will affect redistricting. Partisan gerrymandering and the recent Pennsylvania congressional map…

20

Mar

Strategy and Politicsfeatured, national, National Democratic Redistricting Committee, redistricting

Watch: Inside the Democrat Party’s National Redistricting Strategy

By Editor

National: Roll Call interviews National Democratic Redistricting Committee Executive Director Kelly Ward about its strategy going into 2020.  

20

Mar

Redistricting Gerrymanders, REFORMcongressional, featured, gerrymandering, North Carolina, northcarolina, redistricting

Watch: A Short History of Congressional Redistricting in North Carolina

By Editor

North Carolina - From the Charlotte Observer Politics & Government section: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article134756399.html/video-embed

20

Mar

NEWS, POLICY and PRACTICE, Redistricting, Strategy and PoliticsGeorgia, National Democratic Redistricting Committee, redistricting, Redistricting Majority Project, REDMAP, state legislature, States

Georgia’s Mid-Decade Redistricting Causes a Stir

By Editor

Georgia - Traditionally reserved for the beginning of the decade, redistricting is on the table again in Georgia as a proposal for new House districts has cleared that chamber and…

19

Mar

Local RedistrictingFlorida, Lee County, redistricting, school board, school district

A Redistricting Dilemma for a Florida School Board

By Editor

Lee County, Florida - The Lee County school board is debating whether redistricting is needed to elect a minority to its school board, which represents a county that is 55%…

16

Mar

Redistricting, Redistricting Gerrymanders, Redistricting Litigationcongressional, redistricting, Texas, texas redistricting, Voting Rights Act

Texas Congressional Districts Invalidated by Federal Court: News Coverage

By Editor

Texas - Six years in the making, the federal district court panel released its opinion late last week in the long arduous litigation we call Texas Redistricting.  This 2-1 decision…

02

Feb

NEWS, POLICY and PRACTICE, Redistricting, Redistricting Gerrymanders, Redistricting Litigationcongressional, lpother, lpstatelaw, Maryland, partisan gerrymandering, redistricting, Shapiro, States, Supreme Court

Maryland Judge Orders Legislative Leaders to Testify in Partisan Gerrymandering Case

By Editor

Maryland - Nearly four years after Bethesda, Md. resident Stephen M. Shapiro and other Maryland voters filed a partisan gerrymandering lawsuit against Maryland's congressional district map, a judge has ordered…