Latest Redistricting News
Review: In 'Slay the Dragon,' a gerrymandering investigation
Feeling beaten down by the news? Why not watch a documentary on gerrymandering to cheer you up? “Slay the Dragon," by Chris Durrance and Barak Goodman, deftly outlines how redistricting has eroded American democracy and helped usher compromise out of our legislatures. It's a level-headed documentary about...
Editorial Roundup:
Here are editorials from newspapers around Illinois. March 29, 2020 The (Champaign) News-Gazette Sausage Making at its worst In a time of national despair, Congress rushed to pass an economic stimulus bill aimed at assisting individuals and businesses — both large and small — whose financial status...
Michigan logging applications for redistricting panel
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Applications still are pouring in to serve on a Michigan commission that will create districts for seats in the Legislature and Congress. The secretary of state said at least 3,590 notarized applications have been processed so far, and thousands more have been received. All...
Petition canvassing halted amid coronavirus concerns
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas groups trying to gather signatures for various petitions required to qualify for the November ballot have suspended their efforts amid public health concerns spurred by the new coronavirus. The group Arkansas Voters First has been trying to collect signatures for a...
Ohio health chief to order polls closed amid coronavirus
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio's top health official will order the polls closed over concerns about the coronavirus, hours before voters were supposed begin casting ballots in the state's presidential primary, the governor said late Monday. Gov. Mike DeWine announced the decision late Monday after a judge...
Lawmakers wrap up after polygamy, redistricting law changes
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Legislature has wrapped up its work for the year, capping off a session that saw major changes to the state’s polygamy statute, a revision of a voter-approved redistricting law and a compromise on education funding. The 45-day meeting ended late Thursday in the shadow...
Utah Legislature passes changes to redistricting initiative
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Changes to a voter-approved law aimed at curbing gerrymandering passed the Utah Legislature on Wednesday. The plan now before Utah Gov. Gary Herbert comes after supporters of the 2018 initiative agreed to a compromise to revise the measure. It creates an independent redistricting...
Arizona Senate advances changes to redistricting process
PHOENIX (AP) — Republicans in the Arizona Senate approved a measure Tuesday asking voters to limit the population differences between Arizona's 30 legislative districts. Democrats said the measure would make it harder to create legislative districts with a majority of Native American voters, which has...
Virginia lawmakers approve redistricting measure
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia lawmakers approved a proposed change to the state's constitution on Friday that supporters said would curb political gerrymandering, prompting an outcry by some Democrats who called it harmful to African Americans. The state House narrowly voted to approve the proposed...
Lawmakers try to alter voter-approved redistricting reforms
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — With the census approaching, lawmakers in some states are attempting to alter recent voter-approved measures that were intended to reduce partisan gamesmanship when drawing new voting districts for the U.S. House and state legislatures. In Missouri and Utah, Republican-led...
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