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• Rose Institute in Sunday’s New York Times

  
  The Rose Report — Authority: 418
  The Rose Institute’s Douglas Johnson was cited in an article in Sunday’s New York Times about Congressional redistricting in the San Francisco Bay Area. “That kind of stretching can help them keep their power, keep them focused on their base in their district,” said Douglas Johnson, who led a study of ...
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• Politics: Demographic Shifts Change Political Lines

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 914
  The district represented by Speaker Nancy Pelosi may need 120,000 more people to meet federal standards.
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• Redrawing the local lines, new precincts and voting locations for Montgomery County

  
  Esrati — Authority: 134
  Because our Board of Elections is controlled by the local political parties (the two that the State of Ohio recognizes)- we see all kinds of shenanigans – like the 2-2 ties on party lines every time there is a question of one of their approved candidates- but a 4-0 decision on anyone else (when the Mayor of Moraine ...
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• SOS Todd Rokita on Redistricting Reforms announced earlier this week

  
  The AroundFortWayne Blog — Authority: 445
  Press release from the Indiana Secretary of State, Todd Rokita:Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita issued the following statement today regarding the Indiana Senate Majority Caucus announcement of proposed redistricting reforms:(Indianapolis – 11/12/2009)  “In the two months that have passed since we started ...
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• Virginia Senate: Democrats Cling to Power with Special Elections Ahead

  
  Ballot Box — Authority: 510
  posted Josh Goodman If you thought Virginias major elections were over, think again. The Old Dominion just elected a new governor, lieutenant governor (well, they elected the old lieutenant governor) attorney general and House of Delegates. But, the next big election is for state senate, even though Virginians arent ...
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• State races are vitally important this year.

  
  RedState — Authority: 814
  This is why . In the 43 states where the congressional redistricting process is in partisan hands, Democrats control both houses of the state legislature and the governor’s mansion in 15 states, while Republicans hold 8 states, and 20 states are split between the two parties. Going into 2010, Democrats control ...
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• State races are vitally important this year.

  
  Moe Lane — Authority: 674
  This is why . In the 43 states where the congressional redistricting process is in partisan hands, Democrats control both houses of the state legislature and the governor’s mansion in 15 states, while Republicans hold 8 states, and 20 states are split between the two parties. Going into 2010, Democrats control ...
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• Redistricting Reforms

  
  The AroundFortWayne Blog — Authority: 445
  E-Mail from the Indiana Senate Majority Caucus:Redistricting Reforms: Senate GOP Leaders Propose New Guidelines, In-Depth Study, Constitutional Amendment for Independent Commission
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• New York Times Endorses Idea of Independent Redistricting Commission in New York

  
  The Rose Report — Authority: 418
  Yesterday’s New York Times ran an editorial entitled “Gerrymandering, Pure and Corrupt” which explained how New York state legislators have used the process of redistricting in the past to gerrymander state legislature districts in ways that limit competition in elections and help the incumbents stay in ...
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• IRV and Choice Voting on Election Day 2009: Wins, Losses and the Long-Term Trajectory

  
  FairVote.blog — Authority: 418
  November 3rd highlighted controversies about multi-candidate races and non-majority winners in key races for governor in New Jersey and U.S. House in New York, drawing high-profile attention to instant runoff voting (IRV) as a solution, including in a widely-published oped by FairVote board member John B. Anderson ...
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• Parents talk redistricting

  
  Courier Times Now — Authority: 604
  Parents of future Richboro Middle School students concerned about which high school their kids will be attending still have to wait to find out. During a forum at Council Rock High School South Wednesday night, Superintendent Mark Klein told several dozen parents that redistricting all of those pupils from being ...
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• Friday Night Lights – “After the Fall”

  
  Cultural Learnings — Authority: 476
  “After the Fall” November 4th, 2009 “What exactly does that mean, start over?” Going into the show’s fourth season, the narrative was drawn as clearly as the zig-zagging border line: with two football teams in town, one led by our fearless hero and the other by the villainous interlopers, this ...
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• Redistricting: The Overlooked Impact of Tuesday Night in Virginia

  
  The Rose Report — Authority: 418
  Most of the coverage of Tuesday’s elections in Virginia has focused on the Republican sweep of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Attorney General offices. The story has centered on the turnaround of statewide candidates from 2008 when Democrats Barack Obama and Mark Warner were victorious in Virginia to less ...
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• Florida Advances Redistricting Reforms

  
  The Rose Report — Authority: 418
  Florida is advancing two redistricting reform ballot initiatives for statewide voter approval in November 2010 but still needs more signatures before they will appear on the ballot. FairDistrictsFlorida.org , the author of the initiatives , is a nonpartisan organization that is seeking to reform the state’s ...
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• Concerned parents attend NHC School Board meeting

  
  PORTCITYUNDERGROUND — Authority: 474
  Video Body The New Hanover … Read the original here: Concerned parents attend NHC School Board meeting
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• Campaign finance update: Pot and Perata

  
  Political Blotter — Authority: 550
  S.K. Seymour LLC, the partnership that runs Oakstersdam University and its related “cannabusinesses,” last Tuesday gave $10,000 to Hope 2010, a ballot measure committee (formerly known as Leadership California) controlled by former state Senate President Pro Tem and 2010 Oakland mayoral candidate Don Perata. ...
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• California: A 2010 Congressional Battleground?

  
  The Rose Report — Authority: 418
  Much of the recent work at the Rose Institute has focused on California redistricting in 2011 and how it may significantly change—even eliminate—certain districts, thereby forcing out several term incumbents in 2012.  However, it is also important to consider which incumbents may not make it to 2012 because ...
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• Rose Institute Redistricting Study Mentioned in Sacramento Bee Article

  
  The Rose Report — Authority: 418
  The Rose Institute’s “The 2010 Census: Congressional Reapportionment” study was cited in an article in the Sacramento Bee by Dan Walters discussing Congressional Redistricting in 2011. Were congressional redistricting to follow changes in population during this decade, the Rose study determined, it would ...
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• SacBee: Dan Walters: Stage set for battle on districts

  
  iePolitics.com — Authority: 521
  Capitol and California – State Politics By Dan Walters dwalters@sacbee.com Published: Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009 – 11:00 pm | Page 3A When Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and political reform groups enacted a ballot measure to shift legislative redistricting from the Legislature to an independent commission, they ...
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