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- Court Throws Out Alabama’s New Congressional Map - A federal panel of judges ordered state lawmakers to redraw the lines, saying Black voters “have less opportunity than other Alabamians” to elect candidates of their choice https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/24/us/politics/alabama-congressional-map-redistricting.html 53 comments politics
- States are redrawing every congressional district in the U.S. Here is where we stand. https://www.politico.com/interactives/2022/congressional-redistricting-maps-by-state-and-district/ 12 comments politics
- Gerrymandering surges as states redraw maps for House seats https://apnews.com/article/redistricting-gerrymandering-46ceaf3fb90a4ce3b2fc026c7c18e747 118 comments politics
- Why Democrats Might Need to Play Dirty to Win The party is trying to ban partisan gerrymandering nationwide, but aggressively redrawing districts in blue states like New York might be the only way to preserve its House majority. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/03/new-york-democrats-gerrymandering-elections/618452/ 48 comments politics
- Redrawing the MiLB Map: Ben Clemens and Meg Rowley analyze how the recent changes affect access to pro ball for fans in the United States https://blogs.fangraphs.com/redrawing-the-milb-map-visualizing-the-2021-landscape/ 4 comments baseball
- Israel rejects Trump’s idea of redrawing borders to move Arab-Israeli towns to a Palestinian state https://www.timesofisrael.com/pmo-dismisses-notion-of-redrawing-borders-moving-arab-towns-to-palestine/ 78 comments worldnews
- Supreme Court won't block Pa. ruling that state redraw congressional boundaries immediately, in decision that could help Democrats https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/politics/wp/2018/02/05/supreme-court-wont-block-pa-ruling-that-state-redraw-congressional-boundaries-immediately-in-decision-that-could-help-democrats/?__twitter_impression=true 7 comments politics
- Supreme Court won’t block Pa. ruling that state redraw congressional boundaries immediately, in decision that could help Democrats https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/02/05/supreme-court-wont-block-pa-ruling-that-state-redraw-congressional-boundaries-immediately-in-decision-that-could-help-democrats/?utm_term=.852d6468449a 5 comments politics
- Pennsylvania Must Redraw Congressional Map: State Supreme Court https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/pennsylvania-must-redraw-congressional-map-state-supreme-court-470552543.html 6 comments politics
- Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin 'trying to redraw the map of Europe', former French PM warns - Jean-Pierre Raffarin is concerned the US administration is targeting individual EU states for British-style bilateral deals to test the solidarity of the bloc http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/donald-trump-vladimir-putin-eu-brexit-europe-theresa-may-jean-pierre-raffarin-a7567971.html 9 comments europe
- [Wisconsin]Judges to state: Redraw legislative districts before 2018 election http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/judges-to-state-redraw-legislative-districts-before-election/article_bff10235-7420-57f0-a185-c0f8939ca9b4.html 16 comments politics
- City-States. Redraw State lines to ensure each metro area receives the representation in Congress and the Electoral College it deserves. http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/here-are-the-real-boundaries-of-american-metropolises-decided-by-an-algorithm 3 comments politics
- Donald Trump's unpopular in Utah. Here's why that matters: A Donald Trump nomination could redraw the US election map, putting states in play that normally aren't. Heavily Republican Utah is an example. http://www.csmonitor.com/usa/politics/decoder/2016/0321/donald-trump-s-unpopular-in-utah.-here-s-why-that-matters 16 comments politics
- Redrawing the map is the best way to fight Islamic State - Could the creation of independent states for Kurds and Sunnis be the answer to the turmoil in Syria and Iraq? http://www.smh.com.au/comment/redrawing-the-map-is-the-best-way-to-fight-islamic-state-20160104-glyqq6.html 56 comments geopolitics
- Florida Supreme Court Strikes Down Congressional Map -- "... the court ruled the GOP-led redistricting process was “tainted” by partisanship... The Legislature has now been tasked with redrawing eight of the state’s 27 congressional districts..." http://atr.rollcall.com/florida-supreme-court-strikes-congressional-map/?dcz= 3 comments politics
- Ukraine crisis: Vladimir Putin redrawing Europe map by force and a threat to Baltic states, Western officials say http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-20/putin-a-threat-to-baltic-states-western-officials-say/6156954 7 comments worldnews
- Judge gives Florida Legislature two weeks to redraw congressional districts: The judge last month identified two districts as having been drawn to achieve partisan advantages for Republicans in violation of a state constitutional amendment banning political gerrymandering. http://www.csmonitor.com/usa/politics/2014/0801/judge-gives-florida-legislature-two-weeks-to-redraw-congressional-districts 4 comments politics
- GOP-led state legislatures were able to redraw congressional maps after last census, and prevent heavy losses in House of Representatives in 2012 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/11/02/3898160/gop-likely-to-hold-house-after.html 6 comments politics
- Georgia redraws political boundaries so black people don't have a majority vote anywhere. I hate my state so much... http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-politics-elections/lawmakers-approve-new-political-1120825.html 352 comments politics
- Census delay sends redistricting ripples nationwide: States are about to crash through legal deadlines to redraw legislative and congressional maps https://www.rollcall.com/2021/01/29/census-delay-sends-redistricting-ripples-nationwide/ 13 comments politics
- PA state Senate leader refuses court order on redrawing district maps http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/371684-pa-state-senate-leader-refuses-court-order-on-redrawing-district-maps 30 comments politics
- Ohio Supreme Court orders redraw of Republican-drawn state legislative maps https://www.cleveland.com/news/2022/01/ohio-supreme-court-orders-redraw-of-republican-drawn-state-legislative-maps.html 120 comments politics
- TALLAHASSEE — The state Supreme Court ruled Friday that legislators and their staffs must testify in a case that accuses Republicans of redrawing political boundaries for partisan advantage in violation of the state Constitution. http://www.tampabay.com/news/courts/florida-supreme-court-rules-lawmakers-must-testify-in-redistricting-case/2157029 349 comments politics
- Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich, a Democrat from Ohio, may lose his seat when Republicans redraw the state’s districts http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/25/us/politics/25redistrict.html?ref=politics 113 comments politics
- A proposal that mocks democracy in Virginia "In many other states, lawmakers wait until after the decennial census to redraw districts. Not so in VA., a swing state where it seems Republicans who hold sway in Richmond will stop at nothing to lock in their hold on power — including election-rigging." http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-proposal-that-mocks-democracy-in-virginia/2015/02/19/e8b727a2-b798-11e4-aa05-1ce812b3fdd2_story.html?tid=rssfeed 596 comments politics