Once again, you can help make the Redistricting Game even better, as Eliane Alhadeff of the Future-Making Serious Games blog explains: In this session, Chris will present the full version of THE REDISTRICTING GAME. Two leads from the audience will be announced and then each lead will have over 24 hours to compile ideas into… Continue Reading
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Redistricting: Idaho
An analysis of reapportionment in Idaho from James Bond’s Monkey House: Reapportionment is a nasty, partisan business. In Idaho, a commission appointed by officials from both major parties is assigned the job of drawing new districts. Each political party wants lines drawn to give them the best chance of winning seats. There are also regional… Continue Reading
Redistricting Roundup
From another “I told you so” editorial, this time from the Visalia Times-Delta: Proposition 93 ought to have been paired with a measure that would set an independent body to draw district boundaries for elections. In 2002, when lawmakers last adjusted district boundaries for the Legislature and Congress to reflect the results of the 2000… Continue Reading
CA Primary Vote Count: Don't Hold Your Breath III
In relation to Douglas Johnson’s posts concerning the ongoing California primary vote count (“Don’t Hold Your Breath” I and II), see Rick Hasen’s latest post at the Election Law Blog about how some Los Angeles County votes won’t count: but have enough votes been counted to know whether or not the incorrectly cast votes affected… Continue Reading
Redistricting Reform in Virginia
Virginia’s State Senate has passed a proposal for a redistricting commission that blends elements of the Arizona, Iowa, and Prop 77 approaches. – The bill would have the State Supreme Court name a pool of 24 retired judges, divided equally among Republicans and Democrats. (Retired judges as commissioners, as in Prop 77) – Legislative Leaders… Continue Reading
CMC Alum Argues For Primary over Caucus System
From Claremont McKenna College alum (now assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Minnesota) Kathryn Pearson’s op-ed in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune: When it comes to the selection of candidates for state and federal office, the caucus system is even more undemocratic. Delegates to congressional and state conventions are… Continue Reading
Redistricting Roundup
Jon Coupal, attorney and president of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, pens an op-ed about the defeat of Prop. 93: The only chance of upgrading the overall quality of our state representatives and making them more accountable to their constituents is through redistricting reform that bars politicians from choosing their own voters. Making districts more… Continue Reading
Kosmont-Rose Cost of Doing Business Survey: Santa Monica
From Kevin Herrera’s article in the Santa Monica Daily Press: Factor in traffic congestion and the lack of parking, as well as business taxes — which are some of the highest in Los Angeles County — and it becomes clear that small businesses face an uphill struggle to remain open. Last year Santa Monica was… Continue Reading
Redistricting Roundup: Post Prop. 93
From Tony Quinn’s op-ed in the San Diego Union-Tribune on the Governor and the failure of Proposition 93: With term-limits reform off the table, Schwarzenegger also can concentrate on redistricting reform. He has endorsed an initiative that would give the mapmaking job to a 14-member commission, which would redraw the state’s legislative districts according to… Continue Reading
Partisan, Issue-Driven Websites
The California Assembly Republicans have created an interesting partisan website dedicated to “California’s Budget Crisis.” One sees more and more of this sort of online political activity as time goes on. See, for instance, the Assembly Democrat’s “Home Mortgage Crisis” website. Via Judy Lin at CapitolAlert.com. Continue Reading