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A multiracial coalition of community-based organizations (CBOs) and residents based in Orange County, the People’s Redistricting Alliance (PRA) was established in early 2021 to ensure a community voice in statewide and local redistricting processes.
Oct 27, 2021 · Redistricting is a complicated, even arcane process, but one with a significant impact on the nation’s political landscape. It has the potential to affect which party controls political power in...
3 days ago · Ohio Issue 1 was proposed by Citizens Not Politicians, a bipartisan campaign whose aim, it said, is to end gerrymandering in Ohio. The group sued the Ohio Ballot Board, who approved the language ...
Aug 23, 2021 · Redistricting is the process of drawing the lines of districts from which public officials are elected. When it’s conducted fairly, it accurately reflects population changes and racial diversity, and is used by legislators to equitably allocate representation in Congress and state legislatures.
- What Are Reapportionment and Redistricting?
- Why Is Redistricting Important in Shaping The Country’S Political Balance?
- Which Party Holds An Edge in The Current Allocation of House seats?
- How Does Redistricting Affect Black, Latino and Other Minority Voters?
- Who Will Be Doing The Line-Drawing For This Round of Redistricting?
- How Has The Census Delay Affected The Redistricting Process?
- What’s Happening in The States That Have Already Started The Process?
- Have Bipartisan Commissions Managed to Reduce Partisanship?
- Can We Expect A Lot of Lawsuits Stemming from The Line-Drawing?
Every 10 years, following the release of the Census, the lines for U.S. House seats are redrawn, as are the lines for state legislative seats. For the U.S. House, the first step involves awarding additional seats to states that the Census has found to be gaining the most population, while subtracting seats from states found to be losing population ...
In the states where elected legislators are tasked with drawing the new lines, the majority controls the ability to draw new lines. Legislators can use the line-drawing process to pack voters into districts that maximize favorable outcomes for the majority party. Rather than a relatively even mix of voters in each district, it tends to produce stro...
Before the current round of redistricting began, David Wasserman of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter projected that, on balance, the GOP was in a position to flip three or four Democratic seats based on its ability to draw lines alone. That would be nearly enough for Republicans to take control of the chamber. Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the ...
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 offers legal protection to districts with large minority populations. This makes it hard for legislators to simply eliminate heavily Black or Latino districts, or to fail to create them. While the Voting Rights Act has been weakened by the courts in recent years, the protection for heavily minority districts remains re...
Different states have different methods for drawing the lines. In some states, the public has tried to reduce the influence of legislators and gerrymandering by creating commissions to handle the task. In others, legislators still control the process. The strongest partisan leverage can be wielded in states where one party controls both chambers of...
The 2020 Census faced steep logistical challenges due to the coronavirus pandemic. As a result, the announcement of the reapportionment results was delayed by several months. In some states that have constitutional or statutory deadlines for finishing redistricting, the delay forcedlegislators to go to court seeking waivers of those deadlines. Mean...
Majority parties in a state that want to draw a favorable map can turn to one of two strategies: locking in the status quo, or going for broke by aggressively targeting seats held by the minority party. To lock in the status quo, a party would shore up its incumbents by protecting them from demographic change or ideological drift. The downside for ...
Bipartisan redistricting commissions were created in large part to dampen partisan pressures and prioritize the creation of competitive seats. “Commissions tend to be an improvement over a purely political process,” said Daley of FairVote. “They allow for public participation and greater transparency, and you almost always have ‘fairer’ maps from a...
Court battles are a virtual certainty once new maps are finalized. Democratic challenges under the Voting Rights Act could remain potent, such as suits to prevent Black-majority districts from being over-packed. However, Republicans could parry these allegations if they are able to argue that the lines were drawn based not on racial factors but rat...
Sep 21, 2021 · What is redistricting and why should people care? A. Congressional redistricting is a vital and politically charged issue. Every 10 years, the U.S. Census Bureau releases a new census, which documents population growth patterns across the country.
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Jul 3, 2017 · Why does redistricting matter? Redistricting affects political power. It determines which party controls Congress and state and local governments across the country. Consequently, redistricting has a direct bearing on what matters a legislature chooses to tackle, and which to ignore.
