Tag Archives: redistricting

Gothamist reports: A Steuben County Supreme Court judge on Friday declared that New York’s congressional and state Senate primary would be pushed to August 23rd, following a Court of Appeals decision on Wednesday that ruled the new district maps drawn by Democrats had been designed with partisan intent. The order by Acting Supreme Court Judge Patrick McAllister will now give …

NBC New York reports: New York’s highest court on Wednesday rejected the state’s new congressional district maps, which had been widely seen as favoring Democrats. The state’s Court of Appeals agreed in a ruling with a group of Republican voters who sued, alleging the district boundaries had been unconstitutionally gerrymandered and that the Legislature hadn’t followed proper procedure in passing …

The Cincinnati Enquirer reports: For the fourth time, the Ohio Supreme Court rejected state House and Senate maps drawn by Republicans, sending mapmakers back to the drawing board. Time is of the essence because Ohio needs legislative maps by Wednesday to conduct an Aug. 2 primary – the latest possible date, according to state election officials. But in its 4-3 …

Florida Politics reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office has submitted the map he wants lawmakers to pass in the upcoming Special Session. Sen. Ray Rodrigues, an Estero Republican and Chair of the Senate Reapportionment Committee, said he was briefed on the submission (P 0109). He said it’s one the Florida Senate can pass. But while Republicans in Florida appear to be …

Reuters reports: Republicans are vowing to spend record amounts in key state supreme court races this fall, seeking to take advantage of a favorable national political environment to elect conservative judges at the state level amid deep political divisions. A string of decisions throwing out Republican-drawn congressional maps in Ohio, North Carolina and Pennsylvania has intensified the party’s determination to …

Gothamist reports: A Steuben County judge has struck down the recently redrawn congressional and legislative maps for New York, ordering the state Legislature to “submit bipartisanly supported maps” by April 11th. In an 18-page ruling, Acting State Supreme Court Judge Patrick F. McAllister said the maps, drawn every 10 years after the latest U.S. Census count, were unconstitutionally and politically …

CBS News reports: Florida’s Republican Governor Ron DeSantis on Tuesday night vetoed the proposed Congressional maps sent by the GOP-led legislature, as part of his push for a more aggressive Republican gerrymander and challenge to a predominantly Black district that covers Jacksonville and Tallahassee, Florida. Legislators will return to the state capital, Tallahassee, from April 19 to April 22 in …

From the Palm Beach Post editorial board: Gov. Ron DeSantis to Florida: If your skin is dark, don’t vote. DeSantis has stepped in with a proposed map of Florida Congressional districts even more partisan than the ones the Republican-dominated state Legislature proposed. He would redraw the map to diminish the ability of Black voters in northern and central Florida to …

Baltimore’s NBC News affiliate reports: A Maryland judge on Friday rejected the General Assembly’s newly drawn Congressional district map. After a four-day trial, Maryland Court of Appeals Judge Lynne A. Battaglia on Friday ruled the 2021 plan violates Maryland’s Free Election Clause of the Maryland Declaration of Rights. As such, the judge ruled the 2021 plan is in violation of …

The Kansas City Star reports: The Missouri Senate approved a congressional map on Thursday, ending weeks of Republican infighting over how far to go in drawing GOP-leaning districts for partisan advantage. The map — approved in a 22-10 vote — was the result of a compromise among Republicans, including between GOP leaders and some members of the Conservative Caucus, a …

The New York Times reports: The Supreme Court sided with Wisconsin’s Republican-led Legislature on Wednesday in a dispute over competing voting maps for the state’s legislative districts. The justices’ unsigned order reversed a ruling from the Wisconsin Supreme Court that had selected the map drawn by Gov. Tony Evers over other proposals, and it sent the case back to the …

The Columbus Dispatch reports: House Republicans are discussing whether to impeach Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor after the Ohio Supreme Court rejected a third set of legislative maps and effectively ended all hope of a full May 3rd primary. The court struck down the maps on Wednesday with O’Connor as the deciding vote, sending the Ohio Redistricting Commission back to the …

Burlington’s NBC News affiliate reports: Gov. Chris Sununu is slapping down the proposed congressional map authored by the New Hampshire House, which would create a much more Republican First Congressional District and an overwhelmingly democratic second congressional district. The New Hampshire State Senate passed that map Thursday without any changes requested by the governor. Sununu then issued a statement indicating …

The Columbus Dispatch reports: The Ohio Supreme Court struck down the third set of state House and Senate maps late Wednesday, effectively ending any hope of a May 3rd primary with both legislative and statewide races. The decision marks the third time the Ohio Supreme Court has rejected legislative maps drawn by the Ohio Redistricting Commission. Once again, Chief Justice …

The Orlando Sentinel reports: With Gov. Ron DeSantis vowing to veto a congressional redistricting plan, a lawsuit filed late Friday asks a federal court to set new U.S. House districts that would be used in this fall’s elections. The lawsuit was filed in the federal Northern District of Florida by two groups and five voters. The crux is that DeSantis’ …

CNN reports: The North Carolina congressional map drawn by state judges would likely give Democrats at least another seat in Congress next year. The court — over the noted dissents of Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch — turned away an emergency request from Republican legislators to use a different map that would be more favorable to their …

Raleigh’s NBC News affiliate reports: The North Carolina Supreme Court late Wednesday upheld voting maps finalized earlier in the day by a trial court, a ruling likely to give Democrats a boost in this year’s elections. The decision paves the way for candidate filing to resume Thursday after a long delay. The congressional plan Republican lawmakers passed in November would …

The Associated Press reports: The Democratic-majority state Supreme Court in a 4-3 decision picked a 17-district map that had been proposed by a group of Democratic-aligned voters who sued last year in an effort to get the court involved. It is unlikely to create a big shift in the makeup of the congressional delegation, as the state loses a seat, …

Courthouse News reports: Unfazed by rulings from the Ohio Supreme Court, a group of Republican voters on Friday sued in federal court seeking to force the adoption of state House and Senate maps that have already been rejected as unconstitutional gerrymandering. The lawsuit comes on the heels of an unproductive meeting of the Ohio Redistricting Commission on Thursday, during which …

The Associated Press reports: The Florida Supreme Court told Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday it will not answer his question on whether a Black congressman’s district is unconstitutional. DeSantis has interjected himself into the once-a-decade process of drawing new congressional maps, something highly unusual for a governor to do. The House and Senate have considered maps that largely left …