Refimprove article date September 2008 elections about redistricting in the United States redistricting in general Redistribution election Redistricting is the process of drawing United States electoral ... States Census decennial census . ref cite web url http www.census.gov rdo title Redistricting Data ... legislature United States state legislature has primary responsibility for creating a redistricting ... Jersey and Washington U.S. state Washington , carry out congressional redistricting by an independent ... to propose redistricting plans, but preserve the role of legislatures to approve them. Seven .... ref cite web url http www.lib.purdue.edu govdocs redistricting.html title Government Redistricting ... campaign 2008 redistricting looms over 2010 election landscape 2009 06 13.html title TheHill.com Redistricting looms over 2010 landscape publisher thehill.com accessdate 2009 08 25 last first ref In addition ... as a Redistricting Principle Consulting Media Markets in Drawing District Lines July 6, 2010 . Indiana ... a partisan majority is possible such as IL or OH is in charge of redistricting, the possibility ... Congressional and legislative redistricting when gridlock prevents redistricting in a timely manner. In addition, the losers to an adopted redistricting plan often challenge it in state and federal courts ... gerrymandered lines. Public schools Redistricting is also necessary within but not among school ... school age children may take an interest in school redistricting, as it is perceived to affect ... A comprehensive source for information about redistricting in all fifty states ... RedistrictingNews.htm MappingSoftware.com Maptitude for Redistricting News http clerk.house.gov ... Census http www.lib.purdue.edu govdocs redistricting.html Government Redistricting Web Sites from GovDocs ... Mapping Project http www.brennancenter.org content resource a citizens guide to redistricting 2010 edition A Citizen s Guide to Redistricting, 2010 Edition , downloadable http aceproject.org ace en ... more details
Refimprove date March 2012 A redistricting commission is a body designated to draw electoral district lines. Usually the intent is to avoid gerrymandering by specifying a nonpartisan or bipartisan body to comprise the commission. However, some of these commissions, much like some state boards of election , are set up to give the majority party more seats on the commission see e.g. the New Jersey Redistricting Commission . The Campaign Legal Center reports that eleven 11 states currently utilize non partisan or bi partisan redistricting commissions composed of non office holding citizens. ref name campaignlegalcenter1 http www.campaignlegalcenter.org redistricting 226.html dead link date March 2012 ref The states include Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey Redistricting Commission New Jersey , and Washington State Redistricting Commission Washington . ref name campaignlegalcenter1 The Campaign Legal Center also reports that Arkansas and Ohio Apportionment Board Ohio use redistricting commissions that are composed entirely of elected officials. ref name campaignlegalcenter1 In 2008 California voters approved Proposition 11 ref name ballotpedia1 cite web url http ballotpedia.org wiki index.php California Proposition 11 2008 title California Proposition 11, Creation of the California Citizens Redistricting Commission 2008 publisher Ballotpedia date accessdate 2012 03 08 ref amending the state s constitution creating a bi partisan Citizens Redistricting Commission composed of non office holding citizens. ref name ballotpedia1 Efforts to establish a redistricting commission in Virginia have so far failed. Citation needed date March 2012 References reflist election stub Category Redistricting commissions ... more details
Redistricting in Pennsylvania refers to the decennial process of redrawing legislative and Congressional districts in Pennsylvania . 2000 redistricting The redistricting process was led by the Republican controlled Pennsylvania General Assembly . ref name wl Cite web title Redistricting Winners and Losers work PoliticsPA publisher The Publius Group date archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20020608173038 http www.politicspa.com FEATURES redistricting winners and losers.htm url http www.politicspa.com FEATURES redistricting winners and losers.htm archivedate 2002 06 08 ref State Representative David Mayernik , who had represented the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 29 29th legislative district since 1983 had his district diced into seven other districts and moved across the state from Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Allegheny County to Bucks County, Pennsylvania by the House Democratic Caucus in the 2002 legislative re apportionment plan, leaving him scant chance of re election. ref name zap cite news last M.R. Bull first John title Redistricting zaps Mayernik, Kaiser Bodack s Senate seat kept intact work Pittsburgh Post Gazette publisher PG Publishing date 2001 09 26 url http www.post gazette.com regionstate 20010926reapportion0926p2.asp ref In Vieth v. Jubelirer , a United States Supreme Court case challenging the constitutionality of the 2000 redistricting process, the Supreme Court was unable to agree upon a legal standard for judging when partisan gerrymandering violated the United States Constitution . ref Cite web last Hasen first Richard L. authorlink Richard L. Hasen title Supreme Court Got It Right in Pa. Redistricting Case work Roll Call publisher Roll Call Inc. date May 3, 2004 url http electionlawblog.org archives rollcalloped.html ref References reflist Category Redistricting Category Pennsylvania General Assembly Category Politics of Pennsylvania pennsylvania stub ... more details
of Arizona , as of the 112th Congress 2011 2013 Redistricting in Arizona is the decennial process ... districts legislative districts to reflect changes in the state and national populations. Redistricting ... place in 2010 . Historically, Arizona Legislature Arizona s legislature has had control over the redistricting ... independent commission. ref cite web title Citizens Independent Redistricting Commission Initiative ... Secretary of State of Arizona accessdate 4 November 2011 ref The Arizona Independent Redistricting ... Republicans , and one independent chair. County and local redistricting, which normally takes place along the same timeline as congressional and legislative redistricting, is carried out by the individual ... Redistricting not likely to result in much change url http azstarnet.com news local govt and politics redistricting not likely to result in much change article ead064be 700a 58b0 b98a 1ed6d5fecf0b.html ... independent or bipartisan commissions for redistricting purposes in the last twenty years. The entire ... of the redistricting process, the state must submit its maps and demonstrate that the proposed voting ... title Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission Legal Overview url http azredistricting.org docs Meeting Info AZ Independent Redistricting Commission Legal Overview 070811.pdf work http azredistricting.org publisher Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission accessdate 29 October 2011 page 6 ... and legislative districts. Until 1941, however, there was no congressional redistricting ... FAQ url http azredistricting.org About IRC FAQ.asp work Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission ... redistricting commission shall be established to provide for the redistricting of congressional ... line vote of 21 6. ref cite web last Fischer first Howard title High court asked to undo redistricting ouster url http azstarnet.com news local govt and politics high court asked to undo redistricting ... web title Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission About the Commission url http 2001.azredistricting.org ... more details
On November 8, 1983, Washington state Washington state passed its 74th amendment via Senate Joint Resolution 103. ref cite web title Washington Redistricting Commission, Amendment 74 1983 url http ballotpedia.org wiki index.php Washington Redistricting Commission, Amendment 74 281983 29 ref Since 1991, a committee of four appointees from Washington House and Senate meet every ten years meet to redistributes representative seats according to census results. ref cite web title About the Commission url http redistricting.wa.gov commission.asp ref History 1956 League of Women Voters proposed 199 passes, linking redistribution to population trends. However, the resulting redistricting map was altered by the legislature. ref cite web title Historical Timeline url http redistricting.wa.gov history.asp ref 1982 Senate Joint Resolution places Constitutional Amendment 74 on the ballot ref cite web title Washington Redistricting Commission, Amendment 74 1983 url http ballotpedia.org wiki index.php Washington Redistricting Commission, Amendment 74 281983 29 ref 1983 Amendment 74 passes 61.07 in favor, 38.93 in opposition ref cite web title Washington Redistricting Commission, Amendment 74 1983 url http ballotpedia.org wiki index.php Washington Redistricting Commission, Amendment 74 281983 29 ref 1991 The first Redistricting Commission meets and creates a redistricting plan Current Members of the Commission Senate Republican Appointee Slade Gorton br Senate Democratic Appointee Tim Ceis br House Republican Appointee Tom Huff br House Democratic Appointee Dean Foster References reflist Uncategorized date April 2012 ... more details
The California Citizens Redistricting Commission is the redistricting organization for the state of California . It is responsible for determining the boundaries for the Senate, Assembly, and State Board of Equalization California Board of Equalization districts in the state. The 14 member commission consists of five Democrats, five Republicans, and four commissioners from neither major party. The commission was authorized following the passage of California Proposition 11 2008 California Proposition 11 by voters in November 2008. ref name redist cite news url http www.sfgate.com cgi bin article.cgi?f c a 2008 11 26 MNU614D110.DTL title Redistricting victory a big win for governor author John Wildermuth work San Francisco Chronicle date 2008 11 27 accessdate 2009 03 16 ref The commissioners were selected in November and December 2010 and are required to complete the new maps by August 15, 2011. ref name wedraw cite web url http wedrawthelines.ca.gov title We Draw the Lines author Citizens Redistricting Commission year 2011 accessdate January 15, 2011 ref Following the 2010 passage of California Proposition 20 2010 California Proposition 20 , the Commission was also assigned the responsibility of redrawing the California s congressional districts state s U.S.congressional district boundaries in response to the United States congressional apportionment congressional apportionment ... Proposition 11 , authorizing a state redistricting commission. ref name redist The California Bureau ... general info.html title What is redistricting? author Citizens Redistricting Commission accessdate ... Citizens Redistricting Commission year 2011 accessdate January 15, 2011 ref Membership Daniel Claypool ... 2011 01 redistricting panel loses memb.html title Redistricting panel loses member, gains executive ... also Redistricting References reflist External links http wedrawthelines.ca.gov Commission Website Category Politics of California Category Congressional districts of California Category Redistricting ... more details
following mid term redistricting in 2003. Blue denotes a Democratic hold, dark red denotes a Republican hold, and light red denotes a Republican pickup. The 2003 Texas redistricting refers to a controversial mid decade congressional redistricting plan appealed to the Supreme Court of the United ... 28, 2006, the Supreme Court upheld the statewide redistricting as Constitutional, but struck down Congressional ... redistricting effort was extremely controversial, particularly because of the role played by Congressman Tom DeLay . Texas had never undertaken a mid decade redistricting that was not ordered by a court. Legal challenges to the redistricting plan were mounted on several fronts. On June 28, 2006, the Supreme ... Changes to Texas Districts date June 28, 2006 ref 2000 2003 evolution and DeLay s role Redistricting in Texas was traditionally done once every ten years, soon after the Census National Census . A redistricting ... the Texas Constitution , the Legislative Redistricting Board Texas Legislative Redistricting Board LRB convenes only when the state legislature is unable to approve a redistricting plan in the first legislative session following the National Census. In June, 2001, the redistricting task passed to the LRB after the state legislature failed to pass a redistricting plan. ref name Bickerstaff46 cite book last Bickerstaff first Steve title Lines in the Sand Congressional Redistricting in Texas and the Downfall .... ref name Bickerstaff cite book last Bickerstaff first Steve title Lines in the Sand Congressional Redistricting ... a key role in the ongoing Texas redistricting effort. In 2002, a Republican majority was elected to the State ... publiclaw supremecourtonline certgrants 2005 texasred.html title Texas Redistricting ... that redistricting would not be brought up in the regular session. In the summer of 2003, Governor Rick Perry called a special legislative session in order to continue the redistricting effort. The Democrats had over 1 3 of the seats in the Senate and prevented the redistricting legislature from being ... more details
Refimprove date December 2009 The New Jersey Redistricting Commission is a New Jersey State Constitution constitutional body of the government of New Jersey tasked with redrawing the state s Congressional election districts after each decade s census. Like Arizona , Idaho , Hawaii , Montana , and Washington U.S. state Washington the redistricting is completed within an independent, bipartisan commission. The apportionment of members of the Redistricting Commission is carefully balanced between legislative and executive majorities and is purposefully titled to allow the minority party an equal amount of seats on the commission. File NJ 109th congressional districts shaded by party.png right thumb New Jersey congressional districts. Note that this commission deals with districts for the U.S. House of Representatives while the New Jersey Apportionment Commission deals with legislative districts for the New Jersey Legislature . According to the state Constitution, New Jersey s commission has 13 members. The President of the Senate and Assembly Speaker each name two members the minority leaders of both houses each name two members and the state s Democratic and Republican chairpersons each name two members. The 12 members then select a 13th tie breaking member to chair of the commission. If they cannot agree on the 13th member, then each party submits a name to the state s New Jersey Supreme Court Supreme Court , which chooses one as the 13th member. The commission is required to hold ... Redistricting Commission accessdate 2011 12 29 publisher NJ Redistricting Commission ref 2012 2021 ... ref ref cite news title New Jersey tilts redistricting battle toward GOP url http www.washingtonpost.com blogs the fix post new jersey tilts redistricting battle ... Reflist 30em External links http www.njredistrictingcommission.org New Jersey Redistricting Commission website Category Redistricting commissions Category Politics of New Jersey NJ stub ... more details
the last redistricting effort in 1986 , 577 French National Assembly of France National Assembly constituencies .... 2005 Report on Redistricting In March 2005, Minister of the Interior France Interior Minister Dominique de Villepin formed a working group in order to asses the legal impact carrying out a redistricting of legislative districts and townships and to define a method that whereby any redistricting ... political nature of redistricting, neither de Villepin nor Sarkozy wanted to take the risk ... instead of for every 108,000 inhabitants, as was the case in the 1986 redistricting. However, the report ... more details
The redistricting of United States congressional districts is made by the legislatures of the states every 10 years, immediately following the official announcement of the United States Census federal census that serves as the basis of the apportionment. It was long the practice that the apportionment thus made stood until after the next decennial census. However, the power rests with the legislature to change or adjust the apportionment during the interim and in 1845, the tradition in Ohio of reapportioning following the decennial census was broken. For the last half of the century, it was the policy of the political party party in power in the legislature to secure the largest amount of political advantage in making the apportionments, and they were made whenever the political control of the assembly changed. From 1878 to 1892, the state was reapportioned six times as power oscillated between the two parties. A partisan majority in the legislature has it in their power to so apportion the districts as to enable the minority of the voters in the state to elect a majority of the congressional delegation, or to empower a bare majority of the voters to elect almost the entire delegation, in effect disfranchisement disenfranchising the minority. No apportionment of Ohio was absolutely free from partisan bias, but some have been notoriously unjust and unfair. Constitutional background Ohio s legislative structure Under the original Ohio constitution , state representatives were chosen annually for the term of one year, and state senators were chosen for two years, the original allotment ... the proposed redistricting as unfair and grossly partisan. Consequently the session ran until August ... of . See also United States Congressional apportionment Redistricting Ohio Apportionment Board References ... Co., 1900 Copyright 1899 . Category Congressional districts of Ohio Category Redistricting Ohio, History of 19th Century Congressional Redistricting ... more details
Lines in the Sand , published in 2007 by Steve Bickerstaff and the University of Texas Press , is a book chronicling the 2003 Texas redistricting 2003 Texas congressional redistricting . ref name Readings cite news last King first Michael title Readings work Austin Chronicle date 2007 03 01 url http www.austinchronicle.com gyrobase Issue review?oid oid 3A451539 ref References div class references small references div Category 2003 Texas redistricting poli book stub Category 2007 books ... more details
ElectionsCA Proposition 77 was a California ballot proposition on the California special election, 2005 2005 California special election ballot. Official summary From the California Attorney General Redistricting. Initiative constitutional amendment . Amends process for redistricting California State Senate California Senate , California State Assembly Assembly , United States congressional delegations from California Congressional and State Board of Equalization California Board of Equalization districts. Requires panel of three retired judge s, selected by legislative leaders, to adopt new redistricting plan if measure passes and after each national census. Panel must consider legislative, public comments hold public hearings. Redistricting plan effective when adopted by panel and filed with California Secretary of State governs next statewide primary general elections even if voters reject plan. If voters reject redistricting plan, process repeats, but officials elected under rejected plan serve full terms. Allows 45 days to seek judicial review of adopted redistricting plan. Summary of California Legislative Analyst s Office Legislative Analyst s estimate of net state and local government fiscal impact One time costs for a redistricting plan. State costs totaling no more than 1.5 million and county costs in the range of 1 million. Potential reduction in costs for each redistricting effort after 2010, but net impact would depend on decisions by voters. Results The proposition was rejected with a margin of 19.4 of voters rejecting it About 1,474,930 ballots . References http voterguide.ss.ca.gov prop77 title summary.shtml Official summary from the Secretary of State http vote2005.ss.ca.gov Returns prop 00.htm Results of the voting from same http www.joincalifornia.com page 8 California Legislative District Maps 1911 Present See also Gerrymandering Politics of California California Proposition 11 2008 statute stub California poli stub Category California ballot pro ... more details
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Court case argued on April 20, 1993. The ruling was significant in the area of redistricting and racial gerrymandering . The court ruled in a 5 4 decision that redistricting based on race must be held ... doing redistricting must be conscious of race to the extent that they must ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act . The redistricting that occurred after the United States Census, 2000 2000 census was the first nationwide redistricting to apply the results of Shaw v. Reno . Decision Factual background and majority opinion The case involved the redistricting of North Carolina after the United ... described the shape of the new district as bizarre. The court found that if a redistricting map is so ... since Reconstruction 2 that the holding citing the 14th Amendment perversely made redistricting that advantaged blacks subject to more rigorous scrutiny than redistricting advantaging other non racial ... first T. Alexander authorlink coauthors Issacharoff, Samuel year 1993 month title Race and Redistricting ... Court Category United States electoral redistricting case law Category 1993 in United ... more details
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elections Nesting is the delimitation of voting districts for one elected body in order to define the voting districts for another body. For example, in California , the California State Assembly State Assembly the lower house is composed of 80 members, each one representing 1 80th of California s population, and the California State Senate State Senate the upper house is composed of 40 members, each one representing 1 40th of California s population. In this case, the process of nesting could either be first defining the 80 Assembly districts, and then defining the Senate districts as a merge of two Assembly districts, or first defining the 40 Senate districts, and then creating the Assembly districts by splitting each Senate district into two. If the Assembly districts and the Senate districts are created independently of each other, then the process of nesting is not used. The major concerns of nesting are the practice may impede the creation of majority minority district s the practice may cause cities or other communities with common concerns to be split into different voting districts and therefore dilute their votes References reflist External links http swdb.berkeley.edu resources redistricting research Nesting & Redistricting.pdf The Implications of Nesting in California Redistricting an August 2007 UC Berkeley study by Bruce E. Cain and Karin Mac Donald DEFAULTSORT Nesting Voting Districts Category Redistricting Category Constituencies polisci stub election stub ... more details
Fair and Clean Elections was a pilot project in the U.S. State of New Jersey for public financing of candidates to the New Jersey Senate and New Jersey General Assembly in 2005 and 2007. During the 2007 election cycle, the program took place in Districts New Jersey Legislative Districts, 2001 redistricting District 14 14 New Jersey Legislative Districts, 2001 redistricting District 24 24 and New Jersey Legislative Districts, 2001 redistricting District 37 37 . This was an extension of the pilot in two legislative districts for General Assembly candidates in the 2005 general election, which included the New Jersey Legislative Districts, 2001 redistricting District 6 6th district . The pilot project s goals were to improve the unfavorable opinion that many residents of this State have toward the political process to strengthen the integrity of that process and to improve access to it by many individuals and groups who have traditionally not been part of it. The project was based on similar programs in Arizona and Maine , with the goal of providing all candidates with equal financial resources. Candidates seeking to participate in the 2007 pilot were required to raise between 400 and 800 separate contributions of 10 each from registered voters within the district. Candidates who obtained these contributions and refused to accept contributions from other sources were eligible to participate in the program. ref Wichert, Bill. http www.njherald.com 289531573446434.php No endorsements made by education union in 24th district , New Jersey Herald , August 7, 2007. Accessed August 8, 2007. ref The program was abandoned in 2008 after criticism that it had failed to achieve its goals, and concern about the constitutionality of certain key provisions of the law. ref http www.eagleton.rutgers.edu NJProject CleanElections newsNJ TimesofTrenton2.pdf ref References Reflist External links http www.njcleanelections.com New Jersey Fair and Clean Elections Pilot Project http www.campaig ... more details
Infobox Referendum approved with map name Measure 58 title Changes Operative Date Of Redistricting Plans Allows Affected Legislators To Finish Term In Original District. yes 1,251,478 yespct 77.42 no 364,993 nopct 22.58 invalid invalidpct total 1,616,471 turnoutpct 85.7 map File Oregon 2008 Measure 55.svg mapdivision county notes Source Oregon Secretary of State ref name official results cite web last Bradbury first Bill authorlink Bill Bradbury title Official Results November 4, 2008 General Election work Elections Division publisher Oregon Secretary of State date 4 November 2008 url http www.sos.state.or.us elections nov42008 g08results.html format Website accessdate December 24, 2008 ref Oregon Ballot Measure 55 2008 or House Joint Resolution HJR 31 was a legislatively referred constitutional amendment that was put before voters in 2008. This measure was designed to fix a situation where State Senators whose seats are not up in the next cycle following a redistricting are forced to move to their new district. It had no organized opposition. The measure appeared on the Oregon state elections, 2008 Ballot measures November 4, 2008 general election ballot in Oregon . Background Official Ballot Title The official ballot title for this measure is Changes Operative Date Of Redistricting Plans Allows Affected Legislators To Finish Term In Original District Notes reflist External links http www.sos.state.or.us elections nov42008 military vp m55.html Oregon Voters Pamphlet for Measure 55 http www.sos.state.or.us elections nov42008 meas.html 2008 General Election Measures Voter Guide http egov.sos.state.or.us elec web irr search.record detail?p reference 20080406..LSCYYY406 Information and status on this ballot measure from the Secretary of State http www.sos.state.or.us elections irr 2008 406text.pdf Complete text of the ballot measure http ballotpedia.org wiki index.php Oregon ... Oregon 2008 ballot measures Category Amendments to the Oregon Constitution Category Redistricting ... more details
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ElectionsCA A California Congressional Redistricting Initiative, Proposition 20 was on the November 2 ... Redistricting Initiative Added the task of re drawing congressional district boundaries to the California Citizens Redistricting Commission CCRC created by Proposition 11. Defined a community ... districts and transfers that authority to recently authorized 14 member redistricting commission sic ... fiscal impact No significant net change in state redistricting costs. ref http www.sos.ca.gov elections ... of the ballot label for Proposition 20, Congressional Redistricting ref Congressional re districting ... census. As one example, the San Francisco Bay Area grew less than 1 since the last redistricting ... Redistricting Initiative for the 2010 ballot. Munger was also a key supporter of 2008 s California Proposition ... redistricting commission repeal gets boost from house dems 432 From The Capitol , Redistricting ... nonprofits and former officials from both major parties who say that the current system of redistricting ... New York Times , Tackling Redistricting With Money and Zeal , October 7, 2010 ref Supporters of Proposition ... . ref name ovg Under the current system, politicians have used their redistricting powers to bring about unfair results, and Proposition 20 will put an end to that. For example, In the last redistricting ... and Redistricting, Yes on 25 & 27, No on 20 campaign committee. However, due to the fact that California ... Commission . ref name tv http blogs.kqed.org capitalnotes 2009 12 29 give redistricting back to legislature KQED TV , Give Redistricting Back To Legislature? , December 29, 2009 ref Mark Murray ... 20 is said by its opponents to turn back the clock on redistricting law. Proposition 20 mandates ... redistricting reform to Congress , September 16, 2010 ref Riverside Press Enterprise ref http ... 28, 2010 ref San Diego Union Tribune ref http www.signonsandiego.com news 2010 sep 07 redistricting reforms must advance San Diego Union Tribune , Redistricting reforms must advance , September 7 ... more details
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