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Dec 28 2023
News
Michigan redistricting commission unable to vote after members leave meeting
(CBS DETROIT) - After meeting for upwards of three hours, the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission (MICRC) did not vote on whether to appeal a panel of judges' ruling. The issue at hand is over Detroit's voting districts. "In terms of appealing to the Supreme Court I am certainly not in favor of appealing from the financial perspective," Commissioner Rebecca Szetela said at
CBS News (Online)Dec 28 2023
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Judge rules against civil rights groups in Georgia redistricting appeal
A federal district court judge ruled on Thursday that new maps for Georgia’s House, Senate and Congressional districts complied with an order issued on Oct. 26 that sought to give greater power to Black voters. The maps will be allowed to take effect for the upcoming 2024 election season. "The committee hearing transcripts show that the General Assembly created the 2023 Remedial Plans in a
Savannah Morning NewsDec 28 2023
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GOP wins Georgia redistricting that gives party advantage with ‘Black district'
A Georgia judge has ruled that the Republican legislature's new electoral map that creates a majority-Black voting district and gives the GOP an advantage satisfies the Voting Rights Act, The news was also posted on social media by a redistricting lawyer for the non-profit law and public policy institute Brennan Center. that the newly drawn maps did not do enough to help Black voters. He went
Raw StoryNov 17 2023
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Judge rules redistricting maps violates federal law
BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - A federal judge in North Dakota ruled Friday morning that the state’s Legislature violated the Voting Rights Act when it revised legislative districts that included two tribal nations. The Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians and the Spirit Lake Tribe sued last year, alleging the 2021 redistricted map “packs” Turtle Mountain members into one House district and keeps
KFYRJan 23 2024
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State redistricting meeting in Detroit to redraw districts attracts few attendees ⋆ Michigan Advance
The Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission (MICRC) on Monday kicked off a series of community meetings in Detroit with dismal in-person attendance. A lawsuit was filed in March 2022 by a group of Black metro Detroit voters. After federal judges ruled that the commission illegally used race in their mapping of multiple electoral districts, the body was ordered to revamp 13 state
Michigan AdvanceMay 01 2023
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Colorado county flouts state law aimed at curbing gerrymandering
Weld County has a message for the state of Colorado: stay out of our business. At least when it comes to establishing new boundaries for the districts the county’s five commissioners are elected to represent. Weld County completed the task of redistricting — an exercise accompanying every decennial census — on March 1, despite accusations that it bypassed a state statute revamping the way some
The Denver PostFeb 11 2022
Analysis
A new poll maps opposition to gerrymandering
A new survey finds a majority of Americans oppose partisan gerrymandering, even as many remain unaware of how redistricting works in their own states.
Two-thirds of Americans told pollsters for The Economist and YouGov that states drawing legislative districts to favor one party is a “major problem” with just 23 percent saying it’s a “minor problem.” But 50 percent said they do not know
The FulcrumJan 30 2024
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Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers vetoes Republicans’ redistricting proposal, calls maps ‘more of the same’
Wisconsin Watch is a nonprofit and nonpartisan newsroom. Subscribe to our newsletter to get our investigative stories and Friday news roundup. This story is published in partnership with The Associated Press. Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers on Tuesday vetoed a redistricting proposal that the Republican-controlled Legislature passed last week in a last-ditch effort to avert the drawing of
Wisconsin WatchOct 07 2023
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New justice to stay on Wisconsin redistricting cases
MADISON, Wis. -- A newly elected liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court justice, who has called Republican-drawn electoral districts "rigged," declined to recuse herself on Friday from a pair of redistricting lawsuits. Justice Janet Protasiewicz's decision to remain on the cases increases the chance that Republicans, who control the Legislature and drew the maps, may proceed with the unprecedented
Arkansas Democrat-GazetteOct 02 2019
Opinion
How to Get Away With Gerrymandering
Luxury cabanas atop Austin’s JW Marriott kept state legislators cool poolside as August-in-Texas temperatures soared above 103 degrees during each day of the American Legislative Exchange Council’s 2019 annual meeting. The gathered Republican officials could enjoy a $14 rooftop Peppered Paloma cocktail with Patrón silver, housemade grapefruit poblano soda, and Chilean salt, all while gazing
Slate