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Bids to take gerrymandering power from Democrats beginning in two states
The Fulcrum | By David Hawkings | November 20, 2019 There are rumblings in two of the nation's most reliably blue states about taking partisan politics out of the business of drawing legislative boundaries for the coming decade. And some of the Democrats in power...
Why does a diverse group of Oregon’s political interests want to take redistricting out of the legislature’s hands?
Broad spectrum of groups rally around initiative proposing to reform Oregon’s redistricting process to protect against ‘bi-partisan gerrymandering’ By Jake Thomas, Sam Stites | Salem Reporter | November 18, 2019 After years of trying, Norman Turrill of Portland...
Editorial: A promising proposal to counter self-serving politics
Oregonian Editorial Board | November 17, 2019 A proposed ballot initiative seeking to change how Oregon draws boundaries for legislative and congressional districts doesn’t sound like much of a barn burner. Filed last week by a group of good-government advocates, the...
Redistricting plan would shake up system
Mail Tribune Editorial Board | November 14, 2019 A proposed initiative that would change the way Oregon draws its legislative and congressional district boundaries promises to get a lot of attention next year, and for good reason. A new U.S. Census will be conducted...
Redistricting reform
Ashland Daily Tidings | | Ashland Daily Tidings Editorial Board | November 14, 2019 A proposed initiative that would change the way Oregon draws its legislative and congressional district boundaries promises to get a lot of attention next year. A new U.S. Census will...
People Not Politicians files separate legislative and congressional redistricting reform initiatives
For Immediate Release November 13, 2019 Contact Norman Turrill (503) 386-7996 People Not Politicians, a coalition of Oregon voters and organizations concerned about good government, today filed two statewide initiatives to reform Oregon’s redistricting process: one to...
Groups Seek To Take Oregon Redistricting Out Of State Legislature’s Hands
By Jeff Mapes | OPB November 12, 2019 Oregon voters may be asked next year to take the redrawing of congressional and legislative boundaries out of the hands of elected politicians. A coalition that includes a wide variety of political and government watchdog groups...
Broad, diverse coalition files statewide initiative, launches campaign to reform Oregon’s redistricting process
For Immediate Release November 12, 2019 Contact Norman Turrill: (503) 386-7996 People Not Politicians, a coalition of Oregon voters and organizations concerned about good government, today filed a statewide initiative to reform Oregon’s redistricting process. The...
How the Political Map Is Likely to Shift After the 2020 Census
By Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine In its recently concluded term, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down two big decisions affecting the decennial process of adjusting U.S. House districts to updated demographic data, with Chief Justice John Roberts writing for a 5-4...
2020 Redistricting: An Early Look
A Commentary By Kyle Kondik, Rasmussen Reports GOP retains edge, but perhaps not as sharp of one as it had following 2010. KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE — The Supreme Court’s recent decision to stay out of adjudicating gerrymandering doesn’t necessarily change anything...
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