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  • Texas map ruling spurs gerrymandering (IL, NJ, NM, NY?)

    06/28/2006 3:03:15 PM PDT · by hispanarepublicana · 82 replies · 1,415+ views
    Financial Times ^ | 6/28/06 | Holly Yeager
    Texas map ruling spurs gerrymandering By Holly Yeager in Washington Published: June 28 2006 20:28 | Last updated: June 28 2006 20:28 A US Supreme Court ruling on Wednesday that left in place most of a controversial map for Texas congressional districts is expected to encourage partisans in other states to press forward with their own gerrymandering plans. Tom DeLay, the former majority leader of the House of Representatives, was a driving force behind the map, which helped Texas Republicans add six seats to their congressional delegation two years ago. In its ruling on the Texas case, the court said...
  • New redistricting petition drive OK'd (California)

    12/01/2004 7:35:39 AM PST · by StoneColdGOP · 11 replies · 589+ views
    Los Angeles Daily News ^ | Tuesday, November 30, 2004 | By Harrison Sheppard, Sacramento Bureau
    SACRAMENTO -- Supporters of a ballot measure to take the redistricting process away from the Legislature received permission Tuesday to start circulating petitions -- for the second time. The measure is sponsored by Ted Costa, the political activist who first launched the recall drive against Gov. Gray Davis. "This is the other half of the recall," Costa said. "We changed the executive branch. Now we must change the legislative branch. They're entrenched and their first allegiance is to the special interests who give them money, and not the voters." The measure would create a panel of three retired judges, selected...