National News
Census
Some academics are voicing support for the Biden Administration’s proposed addition of a MENA category and a consolidated race and ethnicity question.
Redistricting
Pre-2024 redistricting is mostly on hold as the states wait for SCOTUS’ opinions in Moore v. Harper and Merrill v. Milligan.
State News
Montana
The chairperson of Montana’s redistricting commission sided with the commission’s two Democrats to enact new legislative maps for 2024.
North Carolina
North Carolina’s Supreme Court scheduled a March 14th oral argument to rehear a redistricting case decided by the then-Democrat majority last year.
Ohio
Ohio’s Republican Governor expressed support for taking redistricting out of the hand of politicians after previously saying he didn’t want to do redistricting again.
Wisconsin
An election will be held April 4th to fill a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. The liberal candidate has publicly voiced opposition to the state’s legislative maps.
The American Redistricting Project Updates
Litigation Pages
Notable new filings are available for Alonzo v. Schwab (KS) and Hoffman v. NY State IRC (NY) as well as dozens of other filings in 15 other active cases.