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Seven months before the day of the midterm elections that will decide control of a tightly divided Congress, most states have completed the often controversial, sometimes downright ugly process of drawing new U.S. House district boundaries…

ORLANDO, Fla. -- (AP) -- Voters' rights groups are suing Governor Ron DeSantis, his secretary of state and lawmakers in a bid to reject redrawn congressional districts, claiming the governor improperly influenced the process once a…

Progressive critics of Florida's redistricting process are suing in federal court - the second lawsuit against Florida's congressional map before it hit the government. Ron DeSantis desk. And like the first, he cites the Governor's veto…

Two years ago, a record number of women were elected to serve in the Minnesota Legislative Assembly, but new political boundaries will shake up their presence in the state Capitol.Last month, a special court…

By SCOTT BAUER and TODD RICHMOND, Associated PressMADISON, Wis. (AP) — A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday passed the “least change” legislative and congressional redistricting maps submitted by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, a plan…

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TALLAHASSEE — After years of litigation and bitter opposition from the Republican-led Legislature, the coalition of voter advocacy groups that brought the state its redistricting standards has called for a truce.FairDistricts Now, and its…

The North Carolina Supreme Court on Friday struck down Republican efforts to lock in political dominance in the state, saying congressional and state legislative cards were partisan gerrymanders who violated the state Constitution.The…

The Michigan Supreme Court dismissed a challenge to the state's redistricting commission's political maps Thursday night, finding in a 4-3 opinion that the new districts do not violate federal voting rights law.The majority opinion…

Ken Reynolds, demographer at SchoolWorks Consulting, said cities and counties are required to comply with both the federal Voting Rights Act, which prohibits gerrymandering or packaging minorities to dilute their voting power , and to…

Advocates for Wyoming's Latino communities welcomed the last voter redistricting maps advanced last week.The 62-31 plan, which is expected to be presented to lawmakers in the next session, would add three…

With this year's process largely driven by an influx of people of color, the county sought to have each district have a population of approximately 73,061. However, the leeway allowed each neighborhood to have between 69,350 and 76,650…

Grover Beach has whittled down his gallery of potential City Council district cards to four prospects who will be given a close look at the end of next month.…

ALBANY — Leaders of good government groups on Wednesday called on the New York Legislature to hold public…

Press release, Redistricting Governor Tom Wolf today introduced two redistricting maps as examples of new congressional district boundaries that comply!-->…

(WGHP) - After a three-judge panel in Raleigh confirmed the redistricting maps established by the General Assembly of the State, two decisions involving similar claims in Ohio were rendered quite differently. The Ohio Supreme…

Jessica Cejnar Andrews / Friday, January 14 at 5:30 p.m. / Education, Elections DNUSD admins review new electoral maps and still hope to get public…

Electoral redistricting. The process of creating cards to determine who represents you at the state and federal level.Across the country, nonpartisan, bipartisan commissions — some made up entirely of citizens — are redrawing state…

In 2022, it's out with the old maps, and in with the new. Redistricting,…

ATLANTA (AP) — It's essentially already too late to make changes sought by lawsuits challenging Georgia's new congressional and legislative maps ahead of this year's midterm elections, a lawyer for state officials said Wednesday.…

Representation of New Braunfels residents in Congress will be subdivided into new maps approved in the Third Special Session of the 87th Texas Legislature and enacted by Governor Greg Abbott following the 2020 census results.Most of…

The political landscape of Tulare, Kings and Fresno counties takes on an entirely new aspect and this could lead to changes in seismic influence throughout the region.After months of work, the 2020 California Citizens Redistricting…

LANSING, Michigan - As Michigan's new political maps make districts more competitive, they eliminate several predominantly black districts and may soon face legal challenges.A Michigan Department of Civil Rights (MDCR) analysis found that…

ATLANTA (AP) - Governor Brian Kemp on Thursday signed new cards for the Georgia Congressional delegation, State Senate and State House, prompting at least one immediate lawsuit challenging the legislative cards of the State even as…

"The purpose of this long and very ambitious democratic process has been to make sure that we have the cards that are fair," Susan Smith, director of redistribution of the League of Women Voters of Michigan, told Bridge. Related:…

PHOENIX, Ariz. (KGUN) - Something happened this week that will affect Arizona politics for the next ten years. The Arizona Independent Constituency Commission just divided the state into districts that politicians will campaign to…

San Diego - New voting cards unanimously approved by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission include a predominantly Latino congressional district in San Diego, helping to gain Latino political weight statewide.The new South San…

WASHINGTON The California commission charged with redrawing the state's legislative boundaries linked rural San Luis Obispo County to Silicon Valley hubs in its recent congressional map projects. As redistribution - the process by…

Pennsylvania Democrats could see their prospects for taking control of the State House improve dramatically if proposed new maps to redraw legislative constituencies are finalized.But in the State Senate, the new map would likely help…

Visalia is months away from the legal deadline to redraw the political maps that will define the boundaries of the five city council seats, but no timeline or guidance for submitting proposals has been released to the public. Frustrations…

A lesson in a super colliderRe: "What happened to the Super Collider site near Waxahachie?" The failure of the project "a huge loss" for science, workers, "Metro & Business said Tuesday.Let me add a personal take on this article on…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2n9ySnsBcc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2n9ySnsBcc Oakland News Now - Justice Department sues Texas over redistribution maps - video made by the YouTube channel with the logo in the upper left…

December 6, 2021 7:42 PM Posted: December 6, 2021 7:42 PM Update: December 6, 2021 9:11 PM YAKIMA COUNTY, Washington - The Washington…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSmsDVGR3WM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSmsDVGR3WM Oakland News Now - DOJ Sues Texas Over Redistribution Cards, Says They Violate Latino Voters' Rights - video made by the YouTube channel with the…

PHOTO | TROY HULL A three-judge panel on Friday refused to issue injunctions against the boundaries drawn by Republicans in the General Assembly, paving the way for the 2022 election, beginning with the filing of nominations on…

The Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC) was created by voters in 2000 to redirect constituencies into the hands of an independent commission tasked with creating "fair and competitive maps."The idea was to get out of…

(Photo: USAF / Joshua Magbanua)RALEIGH, NC (AP) - The 2022 North Carolina election according to new legislative and congressional maps may begin as scheduled next week after state judges on Friday dismissed requests from…

December 3, 2021 at 1:58 PM SANTA FE, NM (AP) - Political boundaries are being redrawn by the Democrat-led New Mexico legislature in a sparsely populated state where Hispanics and Native Americans make up about six in ten residents.…

PHILADELPHIA - Pennsylvania's new congressional map will help shape political power for a decade - and…

DETROIT - Adam Hollier is an Army Reserve lieutenant, paratrooper, originally from Detroit, Democrat, and black man. He is also a state senator who represents a predominantly…

SPRINGFIELD - Lawyers for Democratic General Assembly leaders have filed documents in federal court denying…

DETROIT (AP) - Adam Hollier is an Army Reserve lieutenant, paratrooper, originally from Detroit, Democrat, and black man. He is also a state senator who represents a predominantly black district that stretches across…

By DAVID EGGERT and NICHOLAS RICCARDI, Associated PressDETROIT (AP) - Adam Hollier is an Army Reserve lieutenant, paratrooper, originally from Detroit, Democrat, and black man. He is also a state senator who represents a predominantly…

With Governor John Bel Edwards in the governor's mansion, Louisiana Democrats will have a seat at the table…

The maps of the legislative areas of Congress and the State of California change every 10 years and are…

Voters, civil rights and faith groups gathered to file two lawsuits Monday against Alabama's new state legislature and congressional district maps.Civil rights groups involved include the National Association for the Advancement of Colored…

The committee's four voting members had until the end of Monday to approve the new maps of parliamentary and legislative districts and send them to the state legislature. But it was not immediately clear whether the commission had…

ANNAPOLIS - The General Assembly redistribution group on Tuesday…

RALEIGH, NC (WTVD) - North Carolina has two black representatives in Congress. That number could drop to one if new redistribution maps approved at the General Assembly last week come to court. After 18 years, Representative GK…

The leader of the McLean County Democratic Party hailed the county's decision to remove the creation of political maps from the hands of county council members in a public hearing on Monday, but the…

October 28 - BOSTON - The State Senate has approved new political maps for Massachusetts that will dramatically disrupt legislative constituencies in the region.On Wednesday, the Senate voted 36-3 to approve 40 newly reconfigured districts…

While the newly redesigned State House and Senate district maps face fewer legal objections than their congressional counterparts, they still must authorize the Colorado Supreme Court before going into…

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday signed redesigned voting cards that open a safer path for the GOP's shrinking majority, leaving opponents hoping courts will block new gerrymandered districts before that…

Raleigh, North Carolina - Ten years ago, Republicans in North Carolina redesigned their legislative constituencies to help their party in a way that a federal court ruled unlawfully deprived black voters of their right to political…

Kern County has released the first look at how surveillance districts could be redesigned to account for…

City officials on Thursday unveiled the new district maps proposed by the Metro Council. They are based on the most recent census data and will decide how the 782,000 residents of Louisville are represented locally. The electoral…

LANSING, Michigan - Michigan's redistribution process is well underway, and Michigan state researchers say in a new report that the independent commission responsible for drawing the new maps showed no signs of partisanship, but…

Just a day before the end of the Texas legislative session, there is already a lawsuit challenging the redistribution cards. The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, or MALDEF, filed a complaint on Monday.…

Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to date with the most essential Texas news.The Texas Legislature is nearing the end of its work to incorporate a decade of population growth into new political maps -…

Either way, African American leaders say there should be many more, especially since the commission spent two months drawing maps and collecting public comment. “They did a listening tour before putting pen on paper and…

Newly proposed political boundaries in Texas open the door for a…

Proposed changes available onlineThere's a 50/50 chance that Methow Valley will have a different set of state representatives next year, depending on how the state's Redistribution Commission reconciles four proposed legislative maps.The…

Posted on October 5, 2021 at 1:51 am Jeremy Duda Arizona mirror On their long-awaited first day of mapping, the five members of the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission proposed a series of changes that would be…

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SPRINGFIELD – Despite opposition from Republicans as well as reform groups, Gov. JB Pritzker on Friday signed into law the revised state legislative district maps that lawmakers passed in August, opening…

Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to date with the most essential Texas news. A panel of lawmakers put forward draft maps from the Texas Senate and the State Board of Education on…

(WTTW News) Praising the redesigned state legislative districts as reflecting the diversity of Illinois, Gov. JB Pritzker on Friday signed a new set of cards that will come into play in next year's election and elections next year.…

As Dallas County Commissioner, Elba Garcia represents some 670,000 people, almost the population of a congressional district. The majority of its constituents are Latinos and live in the rapidly growing suburbs west of…

Redistribution is one element of the Third Special Session of the Texas Legislature, and the State Senate released proposed maps on September 18. (Ali Linan / Community Impact Newspaper) Texas Senate freed proposed redistribution…

RALEIGH Republican lawmakers this week proposed rules that would prevent them from using racial demographics and election data to draw political maps that will be used for the next decade of elections in North Carolina. This…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (NEXSTAR) - Democrats in Illinois revised their first redistribution maps Thursday night, in part to "keep more of Orthodox Jewry united" and "to address Republicans' concerns." "The changes we have made not…