Post-Election Redistricting Reform Developments

[Updated August 14, 2006]

Ohio

• Redistricting in the Wake of Legislative Downsizing in Rhode Island (June 21, 2006)
• HJR 13: Did Ohio Miss a Rare Opportunity? (May 30, 2006)
• H.J.R. No. 13-as introduced
• Sub. H.J.R. No. 13 (Republican proposal as amended, defeated by Democrats on
  Thursday, May 25, 2006)
• H.J.R. No. 6 (original Democratic proposal, reintroduced by Republicans, and defeated by Democrats in subsequent vote on Thursday, May 25, 2006)
• 2005 Election Results

News Articles

• Election officials again consider vendor switch for voter registration system, The Lima News (7/12/06)

• The stolen election of 2004, The Columbus Free Press (7/11/06)

• U.S. offers Euclid way to avoid suit, Cleveland Plain Dealer (6/22/2006)
• Redistricting plans rejected, Columbus Dispatch (5/26/2006)
• Redistricting issues remain unsettled, Cleveland Plain Dealer (5/26/2006)
• Redistrict proposals rejected, Dayton Daily News (5/25/2006)
• Partisanship takes over on map-drawing resolution, Akron Beacon Journal (5/25/2006)
• Democrats may block overhaul of districting, Columbus Dispatch (5/25/2006)
• Husted wants House to vote on plan for Ohio redistricting, WCPO (5/24/2006)
• Redistricting bill has critics, Columbus Dispatch (5/24/2006)
• Senate won't act on redistricting plan before break, Akron Beacon Journal (5/22/2006)
• Senate won't hurry overhaul plan for political district drawing, Akron Beacon Journal (5/22/2006)
• Democrats won't help with redistricting reform, Toledo Blade (5/12/2006)
• House supports district reform, Cincinnati Post (5/5/2006)
• GOP proposes new redistricting panel, Cleveland Plain Dealer (5/5/2006)
• Redistricting reform, round 2, Columbus Dispatch (5/5/06)
• Republicans unveil redistricting plan, Youngstown Vindicator (5/5/06)
• Legislative districts may be fall ballot issue, Dayton Daily News (5/5/06)
• House wants new commission to draw districts, Akron Beacon Journal (5/4/06)
• Highlights of the House redistricting bill, Akron Beacon Journal (5/4/06)
• Proposal would subtract illegal immigrants from redistricting count, Akron Beacon Journal (3/7/2006)
• Ohio redistricting issue nears compromise, Toledo Blade (3/3/2006)
• Ohio lawmakers consider ballot issue for redrawing districts, Toledo Blade (1/20/2006)
• Speaker returns to redistricting issue, Columbus Dispatch (1/20/2006)
• Redistricting plan being considered, Dayton Daily News (1/20/2006)
• Leaders eye redistricting compromise, Toledo Blade (11/15/2005)
• Husted, Democrats in talks on district plan, Dayton Daily News (11/15/2005)
• Ohio Republicans to Pursue Bipartisan Election Reform (11/10/2005)

Opinions/Commentaries

• Reformers face skeptics in both parties on map-drawing, Dayton Daily News (6/23/2006)
• GOP redistricting plan put compactness ahead of competitiveness, Dayton Daily News (6/15/2006)
• Passing map-drawing reform is like herding cats, Dayton Daily News (6/9/2006)
• A way to rescue redistricting reform (Edward B. Foley, 6/6/2006)
• Politics trumping reform of system, News-Herald (6/6/2006)
• Ooops! Incompetent Ohio Democrats, RedState (6/5/2006)
• Oops!, Athens News (6/5/2006)
• Partisanship trumps a good idea, Cleveland Plain Dealer (6/1/2006)
• Two down, one to go, Cincinnati Enquirer (5/31/2006)
• Legislators find, lose harmony, Cleveland Plain Dealer (5/30/2006)
• Blame the Democrats, Akron Beacon Journal (5/29/2006)
• Reform won't wait, Columbus Dispatch (5/28/2006)
• Republicans play power politics with TEL issue, show savvy on redistricting, Dayton Daily News (5/28/2006)
• Dems deserting voters when reform is doable, Dayton Daily News (5/27/2006)
• Ohio Dems kill redistricting proposal, Equal Vote Blog (5/25/2006)
• Is bipartisan redistricting reform achievable?, Free and Fair (5/19/2006)
• The new Ohio redistricting proposal, Equal Vote Blog (5/17/2006)
• Democrats might not be up to doing the right thing on redistricting, Columbus Dispatch (5/14/2006)
• Map-drawing plan must be fair, Cincinnati Enquirer (5/12/2006)
• A better idea, Columbus Dispatch (5/10/2006)
• Editorial: Empty words? Calls for change don't match records, The Post Online (5/9/2006)
• Electoral laments in major and minor keys, Free and Fair (5/9/2006)
• Reform? No hurry now, Cleveland Plain Dealer (5/8/2006)
• Redistricting requires quality data, Toledo Blade (1/29/2006)
• Issues lack of foresight was troubling, Toledo Blade (11/14/2005)
• Much needed redistricting reform isn't in the cards for Ohio, Columbus Dispatch (11/13/2005)

General

• 2005 Election Results

News Articles

• Kidd calls for independent redistricting commission, Associated Press (08/30/06)

• First salvos prepared for statehouse redistricting battles, Stateline.org (08/24/06)

• South Dakota Ordered to Comply with Voting Rights Act, ACLU (08/22/06)

  • Opinion

• Ask The Author: Jeff Rosen, Part II, SCOTUSblog (08/22/06)

• Ask The Author: Jeff Rosen, Part I, SCOTUSblog (08/21/06)

• Election Law at the High Court: Big Cases Leave Little Footprints, Law.com (08/18/06)

• State redistricting proposal succumbs in legislative limbo, The San Francisco Chronicle (08/18/06)

• Democrats, Union Gearing Up for 2012 Redistricting, CQ Politics (08/18/06)

• Don't let redistricting reform die, The Mercury News (08/16/06)

• Colorado Redistricting Lawsuit Dismissed, Associated Press (08/14/06)

  • Opinion

• Democrats Get a Boost From Court Redistricting, Austin Chronicle (08/11/06)

• The Redistricting Myth, The Democratic Strategist (08/03/06)

• Gop Lawmakers Push To Keep Redistricting Powers, Gwinnett Daily Post (08/03/06)

• Federal Judge Protects Eligible Voters In Washington, Brennan Center For Justice (08/01/06)

• U.S. Senate approves voter rights extension, The New York Times (7/21/06)

• NAACP vows to fight vote suppression, People's Weekly World Newspaper (7/20/06)

• LULAC offers its own redistricting map, News 8 Austin, (7/19/06)

• Linking eased term limits to redistricting equals real reform, The Desert Sun (7/19/06)

• Austin City Council To Discuss Congressional Redistricting, Associated Press (7/19/06)

• Austin leaders consider redistricting options, Austin Business Journal (7/18/06)

• Chances of Voting Rights Act renewal dim, Associated Press (7/12/06)

• The right to vote still at stake, The New York Daily News (7/12/06)

• Voter registration issues cloud elections, USA Today (7/10/06)

• New election districts for lawmakers not likely, The Shreveport Times (7/10/06)

• Redistricting feeds 'toxic' politics, USA Today (7/10/06)

• A better method for redistricting, Fort Wayne Star Telegram (7/10/06)

• Democrats Not Eager To Emulate Texas's Redistricting, Washington Post (7/5/06)

• GOP candidates pledge bipartisan redistricting, Indianapolis Star (6/21/2006)
• PA lawmaker unveils redistricting proposal, Public Radio Capitol News (6/15/2006)
• Rethought: redrawing plans to redistrict, Newsday (6/14/2006)
• Ex-staffer: redistricting needs overhaul, Gwinnett Daily Post (6/8/2006)
• Hearings slated on New York Legislative redistricting, New York Times (6/6/2006)
• 'Political middle' lost in legislature with redistricting, Washington Times (6/5/2006)
• State Rep. to appeal redistricting ruling to U.S. Supreme Court, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer (6/4/2006)
• Some confused about redistricting, Eufaula Tribune (5/26/2006)
• Three voters file another lawsuit in redistricting case, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer (5/23/2006)
• Judges uphold legislative districts, Mobile Register (5/23/2006)
• Bonacic bill to push redistricting reform, Daily Star (5/22/2006)
• Wentworth pushes plan for redistricting commission, Fort Worth Star Telegram (5/19/2006)
• Judicial redistricting to happen in 2007, Wheeling Intelligencer (5/19/2006)
• Redistricting decision lies with Purdue, Athens Exchange (5/12/2006)
• Group wants new state redistricting, Utica Observer Dispatch (5/8/2006)
• Reformers target state redistricting, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (5/8/2006)
• Drawing the line: redistricting reform, Gotham Gazette (5/8/2006)
• Judges reject effort to halt redistricting, Gainesville Times (5/3/2006)
• Georgia considers redistricting reform, Gwinnett Daily Post (4/30/2006)
• Redistricting case stays with judge after challenge fails, Mohave Daily News (4/24/2006)
• Groups call for nonpartisanship in drawing district lines, New York Times (4/21/2006)
• Plan for Carroll election is OK'd, Baltimore Sun (4/20/2006)
• Carroll to ask courts to define districts, Baltimore Sun (4/12/2006)
• Court blocks redistrict vote, OKs ballot to ban gay unions, Orlando Sentinel (3/24/2006)
• Florida Supreme Court rejects proposed referendum on creating redistricting panel, Sun-Sentinel (3/24/2006)
• District boundaries shift with the times, Duluth News Tribune (3/18/2006)
• State legislatures: the race for redistricting starts now, CQPolitics.com (3/14/2006)
• Redistricting ruled out, Connecticut Post (3/7/2006)
• Justices seem to back redistricting, The Argus (3/2/2006)
• Justices express skepticism in Texas redistricting case, Baltimore Sun (3/2/2006)
• Republicans shoot down redistricting reform, Salt Lake Tribune (2/14/2006)
• Florida: several legislators ask Supreme Court to block propose initiative on redistricting,
  Votelaw (2/10/2006)
• Lawmakers seek to keep redistricting off ballot, Lakeland Ledger (2/10/2006)
• High court considers redistricting amendment, Orlando Sentinel (2/10/2006)
• Court to hear ballot proposal for redistricting, Daytona Beach News (2/9/2006)
• District boundaries spark debate, Bradenton Herald (2/7/2006)
• Sanford to redraw its voting districts, Sun-Sentinel (2/1/2006)
• House OKs new districts, Red and Black (2/1/2006)
• House lawmakers allow Senate redistricting despite objections, Macon Telegraph (2/1/2006)
• Gerrymandering called rife in redistricting plan, Joongang Ilbo (1/30/2006)
• Redistricting measure heads to high court, Tallahassee Democrat (1/28/2006)
• House OKs redistricting change, Indianapolis Star (1/27/2006)
• Redistricting coming to FL?, National Journal (1/26/2006)
• Independent redistricting bill gaining momentum in General Assembly, Cape Gazette (1/26/2006)
• Garton pans redistricting bill, Louisville Courier-Journal (1/26/2006)
• Group: redistricting measure has signatures, Orlando Sentinel (1/25/2006)
• Democrats protest Athens redistricting, Macon Telegraph (1/23/2006)
• Bill would create new body to redistrict, Fort Wayne News Sentinel (1/20/2006)
• District map plan advances, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette (1/20/2006)
• Committee may define legislative districts, Louisville Courier-Journal (1/20/2006)
• It's tough to separate politics, redistricting, Indianapolis Star (1/20/2006)
• Senate pushes map change that would divide Athens, Macon Telegraph (1/13/2006)
• GOP plan: new body should draw maps, Indianapolis Star (1/10/2006)
• High court observers see redistricting case as pivotal, Houston Chronicle (12/14/2005)
• Will court draw the line on remaps?, Denton Record-Chronicle (12/14/2005)
• Redistricting question taking a new direction, Newton TAB (12/14/2005)
• High court will review Texas redistricting case, Cleveland Plain Dealer (12/13/2005)
• Court has splintered history on political boundary drawing, Wilkes Barre Times-Leader (12/12/2005)
• A better council map, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette (12/12/2005)
• When it comes to maps, politicians will be politicians, Dallas Morning News (12/8/2005)
• Democrats seek probe of redistricting plan, San Francisco Chronicle (12/2/2005)
• Justice saw Texas districting as illegal, Washington Post (12/2/2005)
• District drawing still ripe for reform, Advertiser-Tribune (11/27/2005)
• Spitzer calls for nonpartisan districting, New York Times (11/22/2005)
• Spitzer vows to end fixed redistricting, New York Daily News (11/22/2005)
• Spitzer takes on Legislature in reform platform, New York Newsday (11/22/2005)
• '06 election already rigged, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette (11/18/2005)
• Redistricting defeats, Washington Post (11/14/2005)
• Falling off the political path of the straight and narrow, Macomb Daily (11/13/2005)
• Two setbacks in fair redistricting, Ledger (11/13/2005)

Opinions/Commentaries

• Democracy Breaks Out in CT, Yahoo! News (08/14/06)

• Redistricting and the Courts, Washington Post (7/14/06)

• Redistricting ruling deals a blow to American democracy, Baltimore Sun (7/5/2006)
• Improving Voter Participation, The Century Foundation (6/30/2006)   
• It's broke, fix it: our legislative districting, Pocono Record (6/23/2006)
• Right on redistricting, Newsday (6/19/2006)
• Don't throw redistricting stones at Voting Rights Act, Atlanta Journal Constitution (6/14/2006)
• Drawing for districts, Atlanta Journal Constitution (6/12/2006)
• Gerrymandering polarizes legislatures, Roanoke Times (6/7/2006)
• The gerrymandering myth, New Republic (6/1/2006)
• Prison-based gerrymandering, New York Times (5/20/2006)
• Cheating the voters, Orlandon Sentinel (5/19/2006)
• Redistricting reform is good for the voters, Albany Times Union (5/15/2006)
• Blake: redistricting revisited, Rocky Mountain News (5/3/2006)
• The gerrymander that ate America, Slate (4/17/2006)
• Redistricting only part of the answer to one-party rule, Canon City Daily Record (4/14/2006)
• Drawing the lines, Daily Press (3/8/2006)
• Drawing lines on lines, Washington Post (3/8/2006)
• The fight for redistricting, New York Sun (3/7/2006)
• Roadmap to fair redistricting, Daytona Beach News-Journal (3/7/2006)
• To improve ethics, retool redistricting process, Robertson County Times (2/16/2006)
• Legislative redistricting: Utah should create a bipartisan panel to redraw boundaries, Salt Lake
  Tribune (2/15/2006)
• Line drawing, Tallahassee Democrat (2/11/2006)
• Make elections more competitive with redistricting, San Jose Mercury News (2/9/2006)
• Voters can decide on solid redistricting plan, Dayton Beach News-Journal (2/8/2006)
• Why did redistricting reform fail in California and Ohio in 2005? New survey research provides great data and a lot of insight, Election Updates (2/7/2006)
• Maybe lawmakers should be more afraid of voters, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (2/4/2006)
• Gerrymander curbs long overdue, York Dispatch (2/2/2006)
• Senate must draw line on partisanship, Indianapolis Star (1/30/2006)
• Time to draw the line on redistricting, Indianapolis Star (1/26/2006)
• Redistricting without the politics? We can only hope, Marion Chronicle Tribune (1/24/2006)
• Seeking simpler districts, Fort Wayne News Sentinel (1/18/2006)
• Redistricting: let panel draw maps, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette (1/15/2006)
• Question for Judge Alito: What about one person, one vote?, Civilrights.org (1/3/2006)
• Redistricting case presents opportunity for Court, Foxnews.com (1/3/2006)
• Redistrict once a decade, Hartford Courant (12/15/2005)
• Overdue revew: Supreme Court hearing on Texas redistricting will provide a barometer to measure partisanship on the high court, Houston Chroncle (12/14/2005)
• When drawing lines means holding keys, The Republican (12/13/2005)
• Playing with the process? , Fort Worth Star-Telegram (12/12/2005)
• The winner-take-all endgame, TomPaine.com (12/9/2005)
• Remembering Gilman and the evils of redistricting, New York Times Herald-Record (12/9/2005)
• Evidence of political manipulation at the Justice Department: how Tom DeLay's redistricting plan avoided Voting Rights Act Disapproval, Findlaw's Legal Commentaries (12/6/2005)
• Gerrymander slander, The National Review (12/6/2005)
• The Texas gerrymander, Centre Daily Times (12/6/2005)
• Kick the foxes from the henhouse: reform redistricting now, AScribe (12/5/2005)
• The system isn't 'broke', so don't fix it, Centre Daily Times (12/5/2005)
• Spitzer's idead could undo redistricting wrongs on state level, The Journal News (12/1/2005)
• Competitive elections, redistricting are vital, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (11/28/2005)
• Returning power to the people, New York Daily News (11/27/2005)
• Unfair system, Orlandon Sentinel (11/27/2005)
• Voters restrict their own choices, Indianapolis Star (11/22/2005)
• Redistricting reform can minimize politics, Albany Times Uniion (11/22/2005)
• Tug-of-war in redistricting getting worse, Jackson Clarion Ledger (11/20/2005)
• Redistricting reform: how best to tackle ultra-safe districts, OpEd News (11/18/2005)
• Alone with J...Gerrymandering prevails, Decatur Daily Democrat (11/18/2005)
• Anything but straight, Falls Church News-Press (11/182005)
• Gerrymandering leaves centrists without a voice in government, Beaver County Times (11/17/2005)
• Redistricting dance, Albany Times Union (11/16/2005)
• Redistricting reform after the failed Ohio and California initiatives, The Brookings Institution Brookings Briefings (11/15/2005)
• Citizens must drive electoral reform, Roll Call (11/15/2005)
• Redistricting reform, Winston-Salem Journal (11/15/2005)
• Did U.S. elections kill redistricting reform?, Bloomberg (11/15/2005)
• Initiatives' defeats deal a blow to electoral reform, Mercury News (11/15/2005)
• Gotta be a better way, Star-Telegram (11/14/2005)
• District changes fall to those in office, Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal (11/14/2005)
• For election reform, a heartening defeat, New York Times (11/11/2005)
• Next time, start with the people, Balkinization (11/10/2005)

California

• 2005 Election Results

• Re-Drawing Lines: A Public Interest Analysis of California’s 2006 Redistricting Reform Proposals, Center for Governmental Studies (August 2006)

News Articles

• Don’t rush to fix Legislature, The Orange County Register (7/21/06)

• Coalition Identifies Ingredients for New Redistricting Plan, Letter & Press Release, 
  Commonwealth Club of California (7/19/06)

• Deal to Ease Term Limits Draws Legislators' Interest, Los Angeles Times (7/15/06)

• Redistricting rides again, The Argus (6/27/2006)
• Redistricting measure back before lawmakers, Contr Costa Times (6/26/2006)
• Redistricting a likely issue for State Senate, The Argus (6/19/2006)
• Redistricting resurfaces, Monterey County Herald (6/19/2006)
• Legislature may drop its redistricting role, Contra Costa Times (6/19/2006)
• Lawmakers may give up district-drawing power, Long Beach Press-Telegram (6/19/2006)
• New redistricting plan advancing, Los Angeles Daily News (6/19/2006)
• State Senate likely to revisit redistricting issue this week, San Francisco Chronicle (6/18/2006)
• If redistricting is real, it'll emulate state high court, Sacramento Bee (6/12/2006)
• State Senate vote on redistricting reform expected today, California Progress Report (6/1/2006)
• Bipartisans coalition urges governor, legislators to support redistricting reform, California Chronicle (5/31/2006)
• 66% support Ashburn redistricting reform proposal, California Chronicle (5/11/2006)
• Committee to hold hearing on redistricting plan, Daily Independent (4/18/2006)
• Redistricting plan a long shot, but a promise is a promise, Los Angeles Times (3/23/2006)
• Redistricting panel nears reality, Daily Democrat (3/17/2006)
• New bid to carve districts survives, Sacramento Bee (3/16/2006)
• Committee passes measure to change California's redistricting process, Scripps Howard News Service (3/15/2006)
• Redistricting reform legislation passes key hurdle, California Chronicle (3/15/2006)
• Hearing on Ashburn's proposed redistricting amendment set for Wednesday morning, Daily Independent (3/15/2006)
• Lawmakers still donating to anti-Prop. 77 campaign, Scripps Howard News Service (2/17/2006)
• Legislators reviving redistricting proposals, Contra Costa Times (2/17/2006)
• Supreme Court says redistricting measure was rightfully on ballot, San Francisco Chronicle (2/17/2006)
• Redistricting reform plans could make California's political landscape somewhat more competitive, UC Berkeley News (2/7/2006)
• Redistricting reform may yet emerge from Legislature, San Jose Mercury News (1/31/2006)
• Redistricting may return to ballot, Contra Costa Times (1/29/2006)
• Redistricting returns to the drawing board, San Jose Mercury News (1/28/2006)
• Lawmakers call for creation of citizens panel, San Jose Mercury News (1/27/2006)
• Legislators say reform is on the way for political maps, Daily Breeze (1/16/2006)
• Redistricting backers renew effort to change process, San Francisco Chronicle (1/5/2006)
• Another remap plan is offered, Sacramento Bee (1/4/2006)
• Coalition plans new California redistricting initiative, Sacramento Bee (1/3/2006)
• Daniel Weintraub: redistricting might live to see another day, Sacramento Bee (11/29/2005)
• California: redistricting reform; So, what's next?, Policy Today (11/22/2005) - Article begins on page 8
• Prop. 77 furor fading; hopes for reform rekindled, Capitol Weekly (11/22/2005)
• Redrawing legislative lines may become group effort, Tri-Valley Herald (11/14/2005)
• Redistricting reform fights for comeback after election defeat, Daily Breeze (11/14/2005)
• 'Reform' groups to keep fighting, San Gabriel Valley Tribune (11/13/2005)
• Election: leaders talk about redistricting reform, Daily Democrat (11/12/2005)

Opinions/Commentaries

• Reform redistricting, Contra Costa Times (6/27/2006)
• Lawmakers poised to give up key power? Let's hope, Desert Sun (6/26/2006)
• Lawmakers should lead on redistricting, San Jose Mercury News (6/19/2006)
• Redrawing voting lines on the table, Appeal-Democrat (6/15/2006)
• Court created best way to redraw state's district lines, The Argus (6/13/2006)
• Redistricting is back on the table, OCRegister (6/12/2006)
• A case for redistricting reform, California Progress Report (6/2/2006)
• Cavala against "redistricting reform", California Progress Report (6/1/2006)
• Harnessing the will for political change in California, San Francisco Chronicle (2/28/2006)
• State desperately needs redistricting reform, Pasadena Star News (2/15/2006)
• Could redistricting be the answer, Tracy Press (2/11/2006)
• Redistricting one cure for California's dysfunctional status quo, Scripps Howard News Service (2/7/2006)
• Holding Democrats to their promises, Sacramento Bee (1/29/2006)
• Remember redistricting, San Francisco Chronicle (1/29/2006)
• How to draw the line, Pasdena Star News (1/26/2006)
• As we see it: state redistricting needed, Santa Cruz Sentinel (1/20/2006)
• Guest editorial, Desert Dispatch (1/9/2006)
• Mathematical solution to redistricting possible, Ventura County Star (1/8/2006)
• Texas decision could aid California voters, Whittier Daily News (12/14/2005)
• Gerrymander review, Los Angeles Daily News (12/13/2005)
• Guest Commentary: Voters select politicians, not vice versa, Ridgecrest Daily Independent (11/23/2005)
• Will California's leaders follow through on redistricting?, San Francisco Chronicle (11/18/2005)
• Back to the drawing board, San Francisco Chronicle (11/18/2005)
• California needs a Citizens' Assembly, Santa Monica Mirror (11/17/2005)
• Redistricting defeat raw deal for voters, San Antonio Express (11/14/2005)
• Redistrict? Just do it, Long Beach Press-Telgram (11/13/2005)

Archives (Pre-Election Information)

• Ohio Ballot Initiatives
• Election Equipment Used in Ohio
• 2005 Election Results