MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two consultants hired to analyze new legislative boundary lines in Wisconsin after the state’s Supreme Court tossed the current Republican-drawn maps will be paid up to $100,000 each in taxpayer money under terms of their contracts made public Thursday. Each consultant will be paid an hourly rate of $450, up to […]
Several organizations and civil rights activists in North Carolina have taken legal action against members of the North Carolina General Assembly and State Board of Elections over allegations of racial gerrymandering, a nationwide issue where several states have been ordered to redraw congressional and legislative maps. The lawsuit was filed recently in the United States […]
LANSING — A divided Michigan redistricting commission sank into dysfunction Thursday, unable to make a decision on whether to appeal a recent court ruling that struck down as unconstitutional 13 of the Detroit-area legislative maps it drew. One commissioner cried “sabotage” after three others did not return after a closed session that lasted more than […]
Dec. 26—The state Independent Redistricting Commission will meet Thursday, Dec. 28. According to the agenda, the commission will discuss personnel and vendor contracts. Karen Blatt, co-executive director, said the commission will discuss the contracts it has with a line-drawing consultant and a Voting Rights Analysis expert. The commission will not discuss new lines and will […]
Dec. 22—ANDERSON — A conference to settle the federal lawsuit over redrawing the districts of the Anderson City Council failed to reach an agreement. The council met in special session Thursday to discuss the pending legislation. The settlement conference took place Wednesday in federal court and have almost five hours of negotiations an agreement could […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The liberal-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court overturned Republican-drawn legislative maps on Friday and ordered that new district boundary lines be drawn as Democrats had urged in a redistricting case they hope will weaken GOP majorities. The ruling comes less than a year before the 2024 election in a battleground state where four […]
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The clock is running out on a Friday deadline for North Dakota’s Republican-controlled Legislature to draw new legislative boundaries compliant with the Voting Rights Act for two Native American tribes who successfully sued for new lines. It’s unclear what will happen next, with the 2024 election calendar looming and a flurry […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican leader of Wisconsin’s Assembly who had threatened possible impeachment of a new liberal state Supreme Court justice over her views on redistricting now says such a move is “super unlikely.” Assembly Speaker Robin Vos originally threatened to impeach Justice Janet Protasiewicz if she did not recuse herself from the […]
The South is experiencing a population boom — well outstripping the rest of the country — that could have significant ramifications for political representation next decade. The Census Bureau released its annual population estimates on Tuesday, finding that the country gained more than 1.6 million people over the past year. That brings the nation to […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee’s highest court on Friday temporarily blocked a lower court’s decision that lawmakers must redraw the state’s Senate maps in a ruling that means the current legislative districts will likely remain in place for the 2024 elections. Late last month, a panel of judges ruled that the Republican-drawn map violated the state […]
ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia special session to redraw congressional and legislative voting district maps is likely to end Thursday after a House committee on Wednesday advanced a Republican-favored congressional map that targets Democratic U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath’s current district. However, the wrangling is unlikely to end there, with those who brought the challenges that […]