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11 Mar 2022, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
The commission also declined to index donation amounts for inflation. [read post]
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]