Tag: Redistricting

  • West Virginia enacts new state legislative district maps

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    West Virginia enacted new state legislative districts on Oct. 22, 2021, when Gov. Jim Justice (R) signed map proposals approved by both legislative chambers into law. The maps will take effect for West Virginia’s 2022 state legislative elections. On Sept. 30, 2021, the House Redistricting Committee released a single-member district map proposal for the West…

  • Redistricting map updates: proposals, advancements, and enactments between Oct. 13 and 20

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    At least nine states progressed in either proposing or advancing new congressional and state legislative district maps as part of the 2020 redistricting cycle between Oct. 13 and Oct. 20, 2021. Proposed Arizona: The Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission released a new series of state legislative and congressional maps between Oct. 15 and Oct. 19. The commission…

  • Roundup of noteworthy court challenges involving redistricting (Oct. 19)

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    Here’s a summary of recent court challenges involving redistricting. Former Republican elected officials file lawsuit challenging Oregon’s congressional map On Oct. 11, four former Oregon elected officials—former Oregon Secretary of State Bev Clarno (R), former Oregon House Republican leader Gary Wilhelms (R), former Mayor of The Dalles James Wilcox, and former Oregon House Speaker Larry…

  • Redistricting update: Virginia redistricting commission’s legislative map deadline passes, Arkansas congressional redistricting veto referendum campaign announced

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    Here’s a summary of recent redistricting updates from Virginia and Arkansas. In Virginia, the Redistricting Commission did not meet the Oct. 10 deadline to submit state legislative maps to the General Assembly. Under state law, the commission is given a 14 day extension to submit maps after “its initial failure to submit a plan to…

  • Redistricting timeline update: California and Connecticut set final deadlines

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    Here’s a summary of recent redistricting updates from California, Connecticut, New Jersey, Nevada, and Washington. California: On Sept. 22, 2021, the California Supreme Court set a Nov. 15, 2021, deadline for the release of initial draft district plans by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission. The court also set a Dec. 27, 2021, deadline for the…

  • Redistricting map updates: proposals, advancements, and enactments between Oct. 6 and 13

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    At least eight states made progress in either proposing or advancing new congressional and state legislative district maps as part of the 2020 redistricting cycle between Oct. 6 and 13, 2021. Proposed Massachusetts: The Special Joint Committee on Redistricting released proposed maps of state House and Senate districts on Oct. 12. The committee will accept…

  • Redistricting timeline update: West Virginia calls special session, Wyoming committee agrees on timeline

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    Here’s a summary of recent redistricting updates from West Virginia and Wyoming. West Virginia: On Oct. 7, 2021, West Virginia Governor Jim Justice (R) called for a special session starting Oct. 11 for the legislature to finish the redistricting process and approve legislative and congressional district maps. “This is on all the redistricting we have…

  • Updates on redistricting lawsuits in Wisconsin, Illinois

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    Federal court pauses lawsuit challenging Wisconsin’s redistricting until Nov. 5 On Oct. 6, a three-judge federal court panel agreed to temporarily halt proceedings in a lawsuit asking the court to set a deadline for legislators to redraw district maps and intervene by drawing its own maps. Attorney Mark Elias filed the lawsuit on behalf of…

  • Redistricting map updates: proposals, advancements, and enactments between Sept. 29 and Oct. 6

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    At least nine states made progress in either proposing, advancing, or enacting new congressional and state legislative district maps as part of the 2020 redistricting process between Sept. 29 and Oct. 6. Proposed New maps were proposed in Colorado, Ohio, Washington, and West Virginia. Colorado: The Colorado Independent Legislative Redistricting Commission released its third staff-drawn…

  • Wisconsin General Assembly passes resolution to preserve core of existing districts in redistricting process

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    On Sept. 28, the Wisconsin General Assembly voted to approve a resolution that called for keeping “as much as possible the core of existing districts, thus maintaining 11 existing communities of interest, and promoting the equal opportunity to vote by minimizing disenfranchisement.” The Senate approved the resolution in a 19-12 vote along party lines, and…