Congressional Quarterly’s Political Wire linked to the Rose Institute’s recently launched redistricting website, Redistricting in America, on February the 24th. The post called the Rose’s site “a must-see site for understanding the redistricting fights around the country.” Continue Reading
Category Archives: Redistricting
Rose’s Johnson cited in The Hill
Rose Fellow Douglas Johnson was quoted in a recent article at The Hill on Freshman House of Representatives member Bobby Schilling, a Republican from Illinois. Published on February 14, the article tells Schilling’s story, how he went from being a union representative to a financial planning consultant to a pizzeria owner to a politician. The… Continue Reading
Rose’s Twitter feed featured in Redistricting Report
Redistricting Partners featured the Rose Institute’s Twitter feed in its bi-weekly newsletter, “The Redistricting Report.” In its February 14th edition, the report cited the Rose’s tweets from the Citizen’s Redistricting Commission meeting held in Claremont at the Claremont University Consortium on February 12th. The Rose has been tweeting through all of the meetings; the particular… Continue Reading
Rose Fellow Testifies to CA Redistricting Commission
Rose Fellow Douglas Johnson spent an hour today with the California Citizens Redistricting Commission discussing the stages of independent redistricting processes and a brief general history of California redistricting. The PowerPoint is online here. The PowerPoint includes academic and judicial definitions of various redistricting criteria. Those were included based on the Commission’s earlier discussions about… Continue Reading
Rose Institute Launches Redistricting in America: The Definitive Site for Congressional Redistricting News and Analysis
The Rose Institute of State and Local Government at Claremont McKenna College today announced the creation of Redistricting in America (www.redistrictinginamerica.org), a site featuring information, news, and analysis on congressional redistricting in all fifty states. “Previously, anyone interested in congressional redistricting had to search many different, and sometimes confusing sites, to find relevant political and… Continue Reading
Florida Redistricting Reform Stalls
The state of Florida has withdrawn its request for Department of Justice “preclearance†of two new voter-approved redistricting reform measures, known as Amendments 5 and 6. Both constitutional amendments were approved by over 60 percent of voters in the November 2010 general election. They place new limits on the legislature as it draws boundaries for… Continue Reading
Rose Fellow Johnson on local redistricting
In a December 30th, 2010 article, the Press-Enterprise cited Rose Institute Fellow Douglas Johnson discussing redistricting at the local level. The piece was titled “Inland counties prepare for their own redistricting,” and it focuses on how although redistricting for federal and statewide offices has been reformed, the redistricting processes of counties, cities and school boards have… Continue Reading
Rose’s Virginia redistricting series cited in VA paper
A January 29th article in The News & Advance in Lynchburg, Virginia discussed the Rose Institute’s recent series on redistricting in Virginia extensively. The article is titled “Fifth, Sixth districts face redistricting efforts.” The article summarizes the Rose analysis on the Fifth and Sixth districts and adds in its own local information to supplement the Rose report. Continue Reading
Rose study cited in Valley Chronicle
A January 27th article in the Valley Chronicle titled “Valley could be split in county’s redistricting” discussed the results of a Rose Institute study that had been commissioned by the Action Group. The study shows different possible ways to redistrict the five supervisor’s districts on the Hemet City Council. It concludes that the 2010 census… Continue Reading
Rose study cited in Valley Chronicle
A January 27th article in the Valley Chronicle titled “Valley could be split in county’s redistricting” discussed the results of a Rose Institute study that had been commissioned by the Action Group. The study shows different possible ways to redistrict the five supervisor’s districts on the Hemet City Council. It concludes that the 2010 census… Continue Reading