Tag: redistricting
New Yorkers Vote After Redistricting and Chaotic Campaigns
Many across New York State were voting in the second primary contest in two months.
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Redistricting, abortion supercharge state Supreme Court races
“You have seen fights shift to the state courts,” said Garrett Arwa, the interim executive director of the National Democratic Redistricting Committ [...]
Florida judge blocks DeSantis’ congressional redistricting effort
Circuit Judge J. Layne Smith, who DeSantis appointed to the circuit court two years ago, said during a three-hour hearing Wednesday that arguments th [...]
How Democrats learned to love gerrymandering to avoid a biased House map in redistricting
The grinding battle over congressional redistricting is drawing to a close. And, contrary to expectations that the process would result in big Repu [...]
Maryland Judge Throws Out Democrats’ Congressional Redistricting Map
A Maryland judge ruled on Friday that Democrats in the state had drawn an “extreme gerrymander” and threw out the state’s new congressional map, the f [...]
Supreme Court Sides With Republicans in Case on Wisconsin Redistricting
The congressmen said the Wisconsin Supreme Court had performed a bait-and-switch in soliciting proposed maps. In November, the court said it would fav [...]
Ohio Supreme Court Intensifies a Redistricting Map Standoff
A bipartisan majority of Ohio Supreme Court justices has ratcheted up an extraordinary legal standoff over the state’s political boundaries, rejecting [...]
Why Redistricting May Lead to a More Balanced U.S. Congress
At its peak in 2016, the Republican structural advantage was daunting. Just 195 districts tilted toward Hillary Clinton in that year’s presidential el [...]
Analysis-In U.S. battle over redistricting, competition is the biggest loser
Thirty-one states have finalized new congressional maps as part of the once-a-decade redistricting mandated by law. Along with six states that each h [...]
Alabama Redistricting Decision Reasserts Voting Rights Act
After years of court decisions battering the Voting Rights Act, a ruling in an Alabama redistricting case is reasserting the power of the 56-year-old [...]
Are MyPillow guy, the filibuster and redistricting all threatening democracy?
Are MyPillow guy, the filibuster and redistricting all threatening democracy?
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Redistricting Makes California a Top House Battlefield for 2022
California’s 10th Congressional District, currently represented by Representative Josh Harder, a young, up-and-coming Democrat, will become heavily [...]
Welcome To A True American Bloodsport: Redistricting
What’s new isn’t the fight, which has reliably happened right on time every decade. What’s new is the level of attention from both sides.
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Dems weigh a GOP shutout in Maryland redistricting
“We're looking at the numbers and whether it's going to make sense politically, and whether we can hold the seven seats that we have,” Rep. Dutch [...]
Explaining the Impact of Redistricting in Texas, Visually
By law, redistricting occurs in Texas once every 10 years. Is this year more significant than usual?CORASANITI What’s critical this year is that so [...]