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Trainings and Events
- There are three remaining public hearings in which Hawaii’s Reapportionment Committee will hear testimony about the state’s draft congressional and state legislative maps. All of the final three hearings will take place in Oahu. Learn more here.
Resources and Announcements
- Gov. Larry Hogan has called a special session of the Maryland General Assembly beginning on December 6 at 10:00 am ET to draw the state’s U.S. House districts. Learn more here.
News
California:
- Legal challenge to California redistricting effort seeks document disclosure, new advisers. Los Angeles Times. December 2, 2021.
- Redistricting commission scraps plan to create a majority-white Assembly district in San Francisco. San Francisco Chronicle. December 3, 2021.
- First-ever redistricting commission to draw boundaries for L.A. County supervisors. Los Angeles Times. December 6, 2021.
Florida: Mayor and others tell redistricting panel: Don't split Tallahassee in three. Tallahassee Democrat. December 3, 2021.
Maryland: Maryland congressional map could enable Democrats to go 8-0. Associated Press. December 4, 2021.
Minnesota: MN House starts work on redistricting that courts will likely finish. MPR. December 6, 2021.
North Carolina: NC judges deny requests to block elections under new maps. Associated Press. December 3, 2021.
Ohio: Federal lawsuit accuses discrimination in congressional redistricting. Ohio Capital Journal. December 6, 2021.
Oregon: Redistricting reduces Indigenous voting power in NW legislative races, advocates say. The Oregonian. November 26, 2021.
Pennsylvania: Will Pa. lawmakers live up to their redistricting transparency promises? Doubt is creeping in. WHYY. December 6, 2021.
Rhode Island: Redistricting commission seeks input on plans for districts. Associated Press. December 5, 2021.
Texas: The Justice Department is suing Texas over the state's redistricting plans. NPR. December 6, 2021.
Washington: WA Supreme Court declines to draw new redistricting plan. Associated Press. December 3, 2021.
