Significant Mapping Developments
Delaware
The state House and Senate released proposed legislative redistricting plans.
Hawaii
Hawaii’s Reapportionment Commission approved a congressional redistricting plan proposal.
Illinois
State Democrats released their proposed congressional plan. A federal court struck down the state’s legislative redistricting plans drawn using ACS data.
Massachusetts
The state’s joint redistricting committee released proposed state House and Senate redistricting plans.
New Mexico
The state’s advisory redistricting commission approved three congressional plans for recommendation to the State Legislature.
Texas
The Texas Legislature passed legislative and congressional plans and sent them to the Governor.
Vermont
Vermont’s Reapportionment Board approved a state House redistricting draft proposal for public comment.
West Virginia
The West Virginia Legislature passed a congressional plan and sent it to the Governor. The state Senate also passed House and Senate redistricting plans and sent them to the state House.
Important Dates
This Week
Arizona – 10/27 Deadline: Commission’s draft congressional and legislative plans
Illinois – In veto session until 10/28
Iowa – 10/21 Deadline: 2nd LSA proposed maps expected to be released
Montana – 10/21 Deadline: Tentative final map selection
Virginia – 10/26 Deadline: Commission congressional maps to General Assembly
Next Week
Alabama – 10/28: Special session convenes
Iowa – 10/28: 2nd special session expected to convene
Montana – 10/30: Commission votes on final congressional maps
Utah – 11/1: Commission congressional and legislative maps to State Legislature
National News
Redistricting News
Redistricting commissions in several states have broken down and deadlocked amongst partisan squabbles and accusations of Commissioners acting in bad faith.
State News
Illinois
State and National Democrats are at odds over how gerrymandered the Illinois congressional plan should be. The NAACP and other voting rights organizations filed a federal lawsuit alleging several districts in the state’s enacted legislative plans are unconstitutional racial gerrymanders.
Maryland
Governor Hogan’s Citizen Redistricting Commission released their proposed congressional and legislative redistricting plans.
Oregon
The National Democratic Redistricting Committee moved to intervene in the partisan gerrymandering challenge against the state’s enacted congressional plan, defending it as legal and fair.
Texas
A coalition of Latino civil rights groups and Texas voters filed a federal lawsuit challenging the State Legislature’s passed congressional and legislative plans as unlawfully diluting Latino voting strength.