Packing Minorities Into Districts. When Is That Ever Okay?

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Packing Minorities Into Districts. When Is That Ever Okay?

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Washington DC - The Supreme Court will tackle that question today as it hears oral arguments in two redistricting cases. Both cases are alleged racial gerrymander claims; one orginating from…

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VA State Supreme Court Blocks Executive Order Restoring Voting Rights to Felons

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Virginia - On Friday, Virginia's state supreme court blocked governor Terry McAuliffe’s move to restore voting rights to felons that have completed their sentence in a scathing 4-3 opinion that chided…

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Virginia Mistakenly Restored Voting Rights to “Worst Sexual Predators”

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Virginia - Democratic Governor Terry McAuliffe’s April restoration of voting rights to felons that have completed their full sentence, hit a snafu last week when it was discovered that a small…

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Virginia Supreme Court to Mull Governor’s Felon Voting Rights Expansion

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Virginia - The Virginia Supreme Court will hear a challenge to Democratic Governor Terry McAuliffe’s April order restoring voting rights to over 200,000 of the state's felons in a special…

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Senators cited for contempt in redistricting case

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Lawmakers are challenging a judge's order to turn over documents, claiming legislative privilege. Source: Senators cited for contempt in redistricting case

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Legislative Privilege Slows Down Virginia State Legislative Map Lawsuit

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Virginia - Reform organization OneVirginia2021 wants to get into State court and litigate what they say is a heavily gerrymandered State legislative district map. A bipartisan group of legislators wants…

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Supreme Court: Incumbent Congressman Has a Right to His District?

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Washington, DC - This was congressman's Rep. Randy Forbes (R., Va.) argument Monday at the Supreme Court. In an attempt to overturn a federal court in Richmond's congressional map, congressman Forbes…

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Weekly Redistricting Update

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Florida: State Legislature Cries "Uncle," Gives Up On a Legislative District Map Last week the Florida Legislature ended its second special redistricting session without a map for state senate districts.…

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Bernard Grofman Selected by Virginia Court to Redraw Congressional Map

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Richmond, VA: Dr. Bernard Grofman, an economics and political science professor at the University of California, Irvine has been selected by a federal district court panel in Virginia as the…

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A Fight Over Transparency in the Virginia Congressional District Court Case

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Richmond Va: The fight over Virginia's 3rd congressional district continues as the various defendants in the case petitioned the District Court to allow the various maps proposed to the court…