#Redistricting

Chaz Nuttycombe

Those in VA who are in opposition to Amendment 1 are omitting one crucial piece of information: if the redistricting amendment on the ballot is defeated in November, Democrats will

Hey, Virginians: Your ballot will ask you if you support a constitutional amendment to create a bipartisan redistricting committee. I strongly recommend voting “yes” on that. It’s a *huge* improvement

Not sure this is wrong, but I’m pretty sure we can’t know it’s right either. 1/nhttps://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1330876368868044803 Predicting Dem losses in 2022 is not particularly insightful. Presidents’ parties lose seats

Michael Li 李之樸

Things we will know from today’s apportionment numbers:* The population of each state. * How many congressional seats each state will have for this decade. Things we will *not* know:*Where

NY-11 for Fair Districts

Feeling confused by the redistricting process? No problem! We've created a quick run-through of the seven steps to (hopefully) fair districts in New York:1. The NY legislature appoints members to

Michael Li 李之樸

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Census Director Steven Dillingham’s statement on proposals to delay apportionment and the release of redistricting data to states. #fairmaps #2020Census https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2020/statement-

Delegate Chris Hurst

When I first ran for office in 2017, I ran on INDEPENDENT redistricting with NON-PARTISAN criteria. Question 1 on your ballot on redistricting does not set up independent redistricting and

Happy census day! In two hours, the census will release 2020 state population counts, revealing which states will gain/lose congressional seats & Electoral College votes in reapportionment.As a preview, here's

Rachel "The Doc" Bitecofer 📈🔭🍌

RachelBitecofer

Using this for my next redistricting lectureAlso, the partisans (& ideologues) on here will hate this but we could improve American politics from its current status (crumbling) of every state

Blake Esselstyn, fka districks

Noticed that a bunch of #redistricting-minded people and orgs are also doing work related to the #COVID19 response. Here's a thread listing what I'm aware of from #redistricting software shops/groups

How much is your vote worth?In 2018 nearly 1.5 million Missourians voted to reform campaign finance and legislative redistricting. "Clean Missouri" passed with 62% of the vote - nearly a

This is a thoughtful new review of the “interactive explanation” milieu: https://distill.pub/2020/communicating-with-interactive-articles/. I’m a friend of the format—I’ve written articles like this myself—but I worry it’s tra

Jenny of Oldstones

Now that the school redistricting vote is over, it's time for Howard County to do some self-reflection. Ask yourselves some hard questions. Examples: /1 Ask yourselves if you disparaged or

Howard County Progress Report

HoCoProgressRpt

Please, Howard County District 4, do not vote for Sezin Palmer. Just don’t. Why? (thread) /1 She is supported (if not endorsed) by the Howard County Republican Club /2

Antonio Arellano

AntonioArellano

PSA FOR MEDIA REPORTING ON TEXAS CENSUS #APPORTIONMENT:Be precise—explain demographics of population growth in TX that led to new House seats: This growth was largely fueled by Latinx and Black

1. The tendency of parents, and white parents in particular, to use race as a heuristic for quality, is a big problem in American schools, and doubly-so in "school choice"