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Mar 14 2024
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Letter to the Editor: Citizens of Richland County unite against gerrymandering
In a display of civic engagement, area residents rallied at the United Steelworkers Local 169 on Wednesday for a drive-through signature gathering event. Volunteers gathered signatures on petitions to place the Citizens Not Politicians Amendment on the ballot this November. The amendment will transform the redistricting process in Ohio by eliminating gerrymandering. “To see my neighbors –
Richland SourceSep 05 2023
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Court takes redistricting power out of Alabama’s hands after lawmakers fail to stop gerrymandering
A three-judge panel in Alabama has ordered the state to redraw its Congressional map to include another Black district after state lawmakers failed to do so following a federal court order. The map not only goes against the court’s ruling but also a U.S. Supreme Court decision and federal law. The Tuesday decision came after months of back-and-forth between the Alabama Legislature and The U.S
Staten Island AdvanceApr 07 2024
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Monument council approves redistricting ahead of upcoming election
Per the Monument Home Rule Charter, and months of work from the redistricting commission, an ordinance establishing the revised districts for the upcoming November election has been approved. The Monument Town Council had its regular meeting April 1 at town hall where it reviewed the proposed ordinance changing the town council residential district boundaries. The ordinance was born from the
Colorado Springs GazetteMay 15 2023
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Alaska Redistricting Board adopts final political map after landmark gerrymandering ruling
The Alaska Redistricting Board unanimously approved the state’s final political map Monday after twice being found engaging in unconstitutional partisan gerrymandering. In a landmark decision in April, the Alaska Supreme Court ruled explicitly for the first time that partisan gerrymandering runs afoul of the state constitution. The court had twice struck down political maps that attempted to
Anchorage Daily NewsMar 28 2024
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Federal court reinstates lines for South Carolina congressional district despite racial gerrymander ruling
Washington — A panel of federal district court judges in South Carolina said Thursday that the 2024 elections for a congressional district in the state can be conducted using a map it determined was racially gerrymandered. The three judges overseeing the redistricting dispute granted a request from South Carolina Republican legislative leaders, who asked the court to reinstate the lines for
CBS News (Online)Apr 01 2024
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Gerrymandering Isn't New—But Now We Have a Solution
On Feb. 19, Wisconsin governor Tony Evers signed new state legislative maps into law, ending a decade-long political and judicial dogfight that culminated in the state supreme court ruling that Wisconsin’s maps violated the state constitution. Those maps were egregious examples of gerrymandering — the practice of manipulating the borders of congressional and state districts to benefit one
Time MagazineApr 10 2024
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Judge throws out Miami’s ‘unconstitutional’ voting map over racial gerrymandering
A federal judge has thrown out the city of Miami’s voting map after ruling that commissioners in 2022 approved unconstitutional, racially gerrymandered district boundaries that sorted city residents by race and ethnicity. On Wednesday, U.S. District Court Judge K. Michael Moore issued a sharp ruling that invalidated the boundaries of each of the city’s five districts – rejecting a mindset that
Miami HeraldMar 18 2024
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Albemarle School Board OKs redistricting for
After saying how pained they were by the decision, the Albemarle County School Board voted unanimously to approve a redistricting recommendation that has upset some parents. Thursday’s vote comes seven months after the board asked for a committee to study current district boundaries, an effort to address overcrowding at certain schools and decreased enrollment at others. The committee was
Daily ProgressMar 29 2024
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South Carolina, Florida Will Vote in Racially Gerrymandered Districts in November
In voting news, a federal court ruled South Carolina can use a Republican gerrymandered congressional map for the upcoming U.S. House election. This, despite the same court ruling last year it was unconstitutional and that it “exiled” more than 30,000 Black residents from the Charleston-area district. But the U.S. Supreme Court has yet to issue a decision on the ruling’s challenge, allowing it
Democracy Now!Apr 11 2024
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The 44 Percent: Dawn Staley makes history, Miami gerrymandering, and the Creole Food Festival
Nearly 19 million people watched on as Dawn Staley and the South Carolina Gamecocks bested the Iowa Hawkeyes in the women’s NCAA championship game on Sunday afternoon. Not a stranger to making sports history, Staley became the first Black coach to have an undefeated season in the NCAA Division 1 and the only Black coach to win three national titles. As I was doing squats, rows, leg lifts with
Miami Herald