Election law professor Justin Levitt has a comprehensive web page, “All About Redistricting”. See it at redistricting.lls.edu. Among other features, it has information about all known lawsuits involving redistricting since the 2010 census results came out.
On November 18, a 3-judge U.S. District Court in Illinois heard arguments in a Republican Party lawsuit against Illinois’ new U.S. House district boundaries. This article says both sides are pondering whether to arrange for a later petitioning period for … Continue reading
The November 20 Los Angeles Times has this article on Americans Elect. The reporter focuses on trying to determine the motives of the people who launched it, and on balance concludes that there is nothing conspiratorial about its origins, and … Continue reading
Louisiana elects all its state officers in the odd years before presidential election years. This year the first round was on October 22, and if no one received at least 50% in the first round, a run-off was held on … Continue reading
Two leading British newspapers, the Guardian and the Observer, have jointly carried this story about U.S. politics, and about Americans Elect. One wonders what British readers think when they read that it requires 2,900,000 signatures to get on the ballot … Continue reading
