Pasco City Council Member Irvin Brown Sr. during a city council special meeting. Credit: City of Pasco YouTube Channel LISTEN (Runtime: 1:38) READ Redistricting in Pasco has raised allegations of… Continue Reading Pasco council member Read More
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,… Continue Reading Preocupación por la baja Read More
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… Continue Reading Read More
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… Continue Reading New Read More
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… Continue Reading Read More
Latino Voters Challenge Yakima Redistricting Map. Continue Reading Latino Voters Challenge Yakima Redistricting MapRead More
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
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
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
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
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
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
