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4 Feb 2022, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Dems Avert Total Redistricting Doomsday – but They’re Not Out of the Woods Yahoo News – Sarah Ferris and Ally Mutnick (Politico) | Published: 2/2/2022 The House Democrats’ campaign chief believes his party has at least avoided a redistricting doomsday that would have automatically handed the GOP control of the chamber in January. [read post]
28 Jan 2022, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Black and Latino Voters Have Been Shortchanged in Redistricting, Advocates and Some Judges Say MSN – Colby Itkowitz and Harry Stevens (Washington Post) | Published: 1/25/2022 Advocates for voting rights say redistricting map drawers have manipulated the process mostly at the expense of minorities. [read post]
14 Jan 2022, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Gaetz’s Ex-Girlfriend Appears Before Grand Jury in Sex Trafficking Probe Seattle Times – Matt Zapotosky (Washington Post) | Published: 1/12/2022 The ex-girlfriend of U.S. [read post]
7 Jan 2022, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Bureau of Prisons Director to Resign After Scandal-Plagued Tenure During Pandemic MSN – Brian Pietsch and Matt Zapotosky (Washington Post) | Published: 1/6/2022 Michael Carvajal, the director of the U.S. [read post]
24 Dec 2021, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
You Can Draw Your Own Congressional District Politico – Ally Mutnick | Published: 12/22/2021 In a quirk of the decennial redistricting season, state legislators, who are in charge of drawing new maps, can draw a district for themselves or for their friends. [read post]
17 Dec 2021, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
State Legislatures and commissions control the redistricting process for most of the country. [read post]
10 Dec 2021, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
These outlets keep close tabs on state Legislatures and regulatory agencies where decisions are being made that affect many aspects of daily life for citizens. [read post]
3 Dec 2021, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
State Redistricting Commissions Get Mixed Reviews MSN – Michael Macagnone (Roll Call) | Published: 12/2/2021 Most state Legislatures control the map-drawing process, but a handful now have redistricting commissions of varying construction and independence with a say in line drawing. [read post]
8 Nov 2021, 8:33 am by John Cetor
The session will focus on reviewing the certified redistricting maps presented by Hogan, which were drawn by the new Maryland Citizens Redistricting Commission. [read post]
5 Nov 2021, 11:55 am by Bryan P. Sears
The state’s nine-member Citizens Redistricting Commission delivered ... [read post]
28 Oct 2021, 3:48 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
That might be one reason why independent commissions, which aim to empower ordinary citizens to draw map lines, have grown in use since the last redistricting cycle. [read post]
22 Oct 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Bannon helped run Trump’s 2016 campaign and served briefly in the White House but was a private citizen in the run-up to the insurrection. [read post]
1 Oct 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Meanwhile, a presidential commission studying the court is being bombarded with criticism from the left, and occasionally the right, that the justices are too political, too powerful, and serve for too long. [read post]
24 Sep 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal A Republican Fundraising Vendor Wants More Small-Dollar Contributors to Replace Vanishing PAC Money Campaigns and Elections – Staff | Published: 9/22/2021 A large Republican fundraising vendor is pushing its clients to reorient their strategies around small-dollar contributors as PAC donations have dried up in the wake of the January 6 insurrection and a move away from Washington, D.C. lobbying by corporations and trade associations. [read post]
27 Aug 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Matt Soper lamented that the independent redistricting commission system is designed to elicit input from non-political, everyday people talking about their communities, and not from incumbent lawmakers who want to keep a safe seat for themselves. [read post]
20 Aug 2021, 5:47 am
The commission’s rules allow any two of its legislator members of either party to block a proposed map, a structure intended to promote compromise. [read post]
20 Aug 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
A handful of states, including Ohio and Colorado, face redistricting deadlines before the end of September. [read post]
This raises profound questions about how the next redistricting will be conducted, including whether the officials who draw congressional and legislative maps and decide districts for city councils and county commissions draw districts that are fair to all voters. [read post]