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Preocupación por la baja participación electoral de los latinos en WA

By Johanna Bejarano March 29, 2022

A colored map of Yakima's voting districts.

La preocupación por la redistribución de los distritos en el Valle de Yakima puede verse eclipsada por la la baja participación electoral de los latinos. Listen Johanna Bejarano, del NWPB, informa sobre la preocupación por la baja participación de los votantes latinos en el estado de Washington / Duración: 2:41 Read Las demandas sobre los… Read More

Concerns About Low Voter Turnout Amongst Latinos in Washington State

By Johanna Bejarano March 29, 2022

Concerns about redistricting in the Yakima Valley may be overshadowed by concerns over low voter turnout amongst Latinos Listen NWPB’s Johanna Bejarano reports on concerns about low voter turnout amongst Latino voters in Washington State / Runtime – 2:41 Read Lawsuits over redistricting maps and reports of rejection by voters of color have brought the… Read More

New Lawsuit Challenges WA District 15 Redistricting – With A Twist

By Johanna Bejarano March 22, 2022

Una Nueva Demanda Desafía, Con Un Giro, La Redistribución Del Distrito 15 De Washington Listen NWPB’s Johanna Bejarano reports on a new lawsuit against the redistricting in Washington’s 15th Legislative District / Runtime – 1:07 Read A new lawsuit is challenging the Legislative Washington State Redistricting plan in the Yakima Valley. This time, the Read More

Washington State Redistricting Commission Chair Resigns

By Johanna Bejarano March 7, 2022

Voting districts around Yakima and the Columbian Basin. Image Credit: WA Redistricting Commission. Listen Read The Washington State Redistricting Commission won’t intervene in a Voting Rights Act Lawsuit that challenges the Legislative Redistricting plan. The decision was made during a special meeting in which the commissioners discussed their potential intervention in the Read More

Latino Voters Challenge Yakima Redistricting Map

By Johanna Bejarano January 26, 2022

Latino Voters Challenge Yakima Redistricting Map. Continue Reading Latino Voters Challenge Yakima Redistricting MapRead More

Votantes Latinos Demandan El Mapa De Redistribución Legislativa Del Estado

By Johanna Bejarano January 25, 2022

Map of Washington state showing Yakima County

Una demanda federal desafía el plan de redistribución legislativa del Estado de Washington. Individuos y organizaciones alegan que la nueva distribución diluye la fuerza de los votantes latinos en el Valle de Yakima y viola la Ley Federal del Derecho al Voto. Read More

Washington Supreme Court Says Redistricting Commission Met Its Deadline, Declines To Redo Maps

By Austin Jenkins December 3, 2021

The Washington Supreme Court on Friday declared the state's redistricting commission had met its deadline and declined to exercise its authority to draft new legislative and congressional maps.

In a surprise order Friday morning, the Washington Supreme Court declined to take on the job of drafting new congressional and legislative maps. Instead, the court declared that the state's Redistricting Commission had finished its work on time last month. Read More

6-Month Delay In Census Redistricting Data Could Complicate 2022 Mid-Term Elections

By NPR News February 13, 2021

A census supporter holds up a sign during a 2020 rally in New York City. CREDIT: Gabriele Holtermann-Gorden/Sipa USA via Reuters

Dogged by the coronavirus pandemic and the Trump administration's interference with the census schedule, the latest expected release date — six months past the March 31 legal deadline — could throw upcoming elections into chaos in states facing tight redistricting deadlines for Congress, as well as state and local offices. Read More

Assault Survivor Groups Denounce Former State Senator On Washington Redistricting Commission

By NWPB News February 11, 2021

Senate Republican floor leader Joe Fain, R-Auburn. CREDIT: TED WARREN

Groups representing women and sexual assault survivors are denouncing the appointment of former state Sen. Joe Fain to the state redistricting commission, a body that will shape Washington state politics for the next decade. Fain, 40, narrowly lost his reelection bid in November 2018, after being accused of raping a woman years earlier. The former Republican state senator Read More

During Pandemic, Opponents Of Oregon Partisan Redistricting Pursue New Ballot Initiative Strategy

By NWPB News June 4, 2020

This package was sent to a half-million Oregon households containing petitions for an initiative that would take congressional and legislative redistricting out of the hands of the Oregon Legislature.

The COVID-19 pandemic has killed several would-be initiative campaigns in Oregon because organizers can’t send canvassers out to gather the tens of thousands of signatures needed to qualify for the November ballot. Read More

North Carolina Gerrymandering Trial Could Serve As Blueprint For Other States

By NPR News July 15, 2019

Protesters against gerrymandering at a March 2019 rally coinciding with Supreme Court hearings on major redistricting cases. After the court said the federal judiciary has no role in partisan redistricting cases, legal action is focused on state courts. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images

The case has the potential to significantly alter how political maps are established in North Carolina while serving as a blueprint for legal challenges in other states. Continue Reading North Carolina Gerrymandering Trial Could Read More