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4 Jan 2012, 12:15 pm
The Jefferson County Commission [official website] brought suit in November to challenge the constitutionality of the plan, which created a disparity of more than 4,000 citizens between the largest and smallest of the three West Virginia districts. [read post]
3 Jan 2012, 3:01 pm
In 2000, Arizona became the fourth state to transfer redistricting power from the legislature to a body of citizens not beholden to particular elected officials. [read post]
2 Jan 2012, 5:05 pm
.” Joe Mathews, on the dispute over ProPublica’s report on California’s citizen redistricting commission. [read post]
21 Dec 2011, 8:32 pm
The citizens’ commission had pledged to create districts based on testimony from the communities themselves, not from parties or statewide political players. [read post]
16 Dec 2011, 6:35 am
” Alex Isenstadt of Politico provides a guide to the Texas redistricting case. [read post]
12 Dec 2011, 8:18 am
Day on the Bench In an effort to help legislators understand the impact courts have on the daily lives of citizens, we’ve started a program called Day on the Bench. [read post]
9 Dec 2011, 2:37 pm
Redistricting is occurring this year under a new system, where a citizen’s commission instead of the Legislature draws the maps. [read post]
5 Dec 2011, 1:41 pm
A little over five weeks after the court summarily denied writ petitions challenging legislative district maps drawn by the new California Citizens Redistricting Commission, a new writ petition was filed Friday regarding the State Senate map. [read post]
14 Nov 2011, 8:38 am
It concludes: “If seeing neater lines that split somewhat fewer cities on a flat, featureless map and knowing that incumbents are busier than ever raising money are more important to you than preserving schools and health care, then by all means celebrate the Citizens Redistricting Commission. [read post]
26 Oct 2011, 2:15 pm
The Supreme Court today denied two different writ petitions that were filed to challenge the first legislative district maps drawn by the new California Citizens Redistricting Commission. [read post]
17 Sep 2011, 6:08 pm
Bowen (Citizens Redistricting Commission). [read post]
15 Aug 2011, 8:57 pm
Republicans must be kicking themselves for backing the citizen redistricting commission. [read post]
15 Aug 2011, 4:01 pm
The California Citizens Redistricting Commission today certified new maps for California’s Congressional, state legislative, and Board of Equalization districts. [read post]
13 Aug 2011, 7:52 pm
Soon the California Republican Party and MALDEF will need to decide whether and how to challenge the California redistricting plan, expected to be approved soon by the Citizen Redistricting Commission. [read post]
11 Aug 2011, 7:57 am
” –California Republican Party Chairman Shawn Steel, commenting upon California’s Citizens Redistricting Commission. [read post]
8 Aug 2011, 10:28 pm
The newly formed California Citizens Redistricting Commission — created in the Voters FIRST Act by Proposition 11 in 2008 — is expected to certify its maps of new lines for California’s Congressional, state legislative, and state Board of Equalization districts next week. [read post]
2 Aug 2011, 7:42 am
Lots of analysis of and commentary on the California Citizens Redistricting Commission plans approved Friday: SacBee, SF Chronicle, Daily News, Voice of OC, Patch.com, CA Independent Voter Network, OneNewsNow, and KQED. [read post]
1 Aug 2011, 6:52 am
New America Media reports here on the plan drawn by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission, observing that: “While groups that represent Asian-Americans and blacks are mostly satisfied with the maps, representatives for Latino organizations are dismayed that the redrawn districts don’t give Hispanics more political power, considering the Latino population boom over the past decade. [read post]
28 Jul 2011, 11:53 am
Commission on Civil Rights points to a deep drop off of rejected plans by the DOJ since the Act was first enabled (5.5 percent to less than 0.1 percent). [read post]
19 Jul 2011, 7:13 pm
” – Stern, on the California citizens’ commission’s efforts to prepare for litigation [read post]
