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Los Angeles’ Scandals Show that Local Redistricting Deserves More Attention
The Los Angeles City Council has been rocked by a series of scandals. Most recently, an audio recording emerged of City Council President...
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Jan 5, 20234 min read


The Unlikely Hero of Congressional Redistricting
Ronald Reagan called it “anti-democratic and un-American.” Barack Obama blamed it for partisan polarization. It seems politicians across...
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May 23, 20223 min read
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Redistrict Me This [Oregon Edition: Part II]: An Interview with Senator Lee Beyer
Redistrict Me This is a series of interviews with state legislators from across the United States. Conducted beginning in spring 2021,...
chiefofstaff1
May 17, 20219 min read
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Redistrict Me This [Oregon Edition: Part I]: An Interview with Representative Andrea Salinas
Redistrict Me This is a series of interviews with state legislators from across the United States. Conducted beginning in spring 2021,...
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May 12, 202112 min read


Drawing Lines Between Cornfields: Iowa’s Model for Redistricting
Although the redistricting process differs across states, the power to draw districts is typically given to state legislatures. Either...
chiefofstaff1
Nov 26, 20185 min read


Moving Beyond Congress to Fight for the Middle
On Monday, former Senator Olympia Snowe visited Brown to deliver a lecture titled “Bridging the Divide: What Hyper Partisanship means for...
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Feb 14, 20142 min read


Voting Rights and Representation in the Ocean State
The Dorr Rebellion. Image obtained from Wikimedia Commons. Just this month, several members of the Cranston Board of Canvassers resigned...
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Oct 31, 20123 min read


Re-Link: Redistricting: Something’s Gotta Give
As Hans von Spakovsky explains very well in the SCOTUSblog article “Online VRA symposium: The constitutionality of Section 5 comes to the...
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Oct 4, 20122 min read
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