Update on gerrymandering in Florida

DeSantis is so extreme he wouldn’t even accept a map approved by a Republican-majority legislature.

NEW: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoes new congressional map approved by the Republican-controlled legislature, setting up a showdown with his own party https://t.co/JAKQ9Yk526
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) March 29, 2022

The Legislature's map preserved a majority-Black district in north FL. The district was drawn to protect Black voters' ability to elect candidates of their choice. DeSantis opposes the district, saying it was improperly drawn using race as the main factor. https://t.co/sncrVMIn4d
— Democracy Docket (@DemocracyDocket) March 29, 2022

#NEW: House Speaker Sprowls and Senate President Simpson have issued a joint statement in response to Gov. DeSantis vetoing Florida's congressional map. https://t.co/8IrSBGBGEH pic.twitter.com/PKfPwuk4lB
— The Redistrict Network (@RedistrictNet) March 29, 2022

Florida can either pass legal maps and not get sued or it can pass illegal maps, face aggressive litigation and lose. https://t.co/mEketQouQX
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) March 4, 2022

Update on gerrymandering in Maryland

An aside to this @baseballot piece: Judged by efficiency gap or extra partisan seats, Maryland has one of the **fairest** congressional maps in the nation. https://t.co/ln9GxYq6rk
— Bryn Stole (@brynstole) April 22, 2022

New: a Maryland court has struck down Democrats' 7D-1C-0R map as an illegal partisan gerrymander, the first such state-level victory in the GOP's direction. If replaced w/ a neutral map, this could end up costing Dems 1-2 seats. pic.twitter.com/ceMsDlJfzB
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) March 25, 2022

Judge throws out Maryland congressional map over ‘extreme’ gerrymandering https://t.co/SzmEKN1LXC
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 25, 2022

A redistricting loss was just handed to us in Maryland. A federal judge ruled that the congressional map unfairly favored dems.

It was gerrymandered, however Republicans voted against anti-gerrymandering laws. It apparently only seems to matter when it’s against them. #DemVoice1 pic.twitter.com/VPMnwkYYDj
— ✨🌻ᗅᗫᒪᗅᓿ🌻✨ (@AdlaisWorld) March 25, 2022

Last night, Maryland Democrats released a new congressional map to replace the one that was thrown out in court last week. Up and analyzed on @FiveThirtyEight: https://t.co/19BjzOSshR pic.twitter.com/whx6mGHB0P
— Nathaniel Rakich (@baseballot) March 29, 2022

Update on gerrymandering in Ohio

The federal court here imposes a map that the state supreme court ruled is unlawful under the state constitution. It's literally an illegal map that this court ruled the state must use anyway.

Up is down. https://t.co/cIRLL5BirO
— Josh Douglas (@JoshuaADouglas) April 21, 2022

OH! IO!

A district-by-district breakdown of Ohio’s latest congressional map, which will likely be used in 2022, might be used in 2024, but won’t be used in 2026.

GOP advantage could go from 12-4 to 13-2.

No paywall: https://t.co/y6MLeThXvK
— Jacob Rubashkin (@JacobRubashkin) April 22, 2022

🚨BREAKING: Ohio Supreme Court STRIKES DOWN Republican dominated commission's THIRD remedial plan. Orders a new plan that meets the partisan fairness requirements by May 6.https://t.co/jGMvDuA1EY
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) April 14, 2022

New: In the final months of a decades-long political career, Ohio's GOP chief justice is standing firm as the last wall blocking her party from gerrymandering. Republicans are furious. Some want her impeached, even though she's set to leave the court soon https://t.co/1tK24M55gp
— Sam Levine (@srl) April 12, 2022

Missed this yesterday: The panel of three federal judges considering taking over Ohio's redistricting process has some more questions they want state officials, Democrats, Republicans and everyone else involved in the case, to answer. pic.twitter.com/YJacz38YVB
— Andrew Tobias (@AndrewJTobias) April 8, 2022

This schedule would seem to preclude a legal challenge to Ohio’s GOP map before the May primary, paving the way for a map as lopsided as 13R-2D to be used for the 2022 elections – unless a federal court intervenes. https://t.co/0n4OOUgRTP
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) March 29, 2022

THREAD on the extreme lawlessness taking place in Ohio

I'm on a flight, which gives me an opportunity to do something I've wanted to do for a while: review just how lawless the Ohio GOP behavior has become, and the risk it poses to the rule of law in Ohio long-term.

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— David Pepper (@DavidPepper) March 26, 2022

I'm seeing a lot of news outlets depict Ohio's GOP-enacted map as giving Rs an advantage in at least 10 of 15 seats, but that understates the gerrymander.

There are 10 solid R seats, two solid D seats and three competitive seats. There's a real chance of a 13R-2D rout in 2022.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) March 29, 2022

"Republicans have a few tactics they use to defend illegal maps…But in Georgia and Ohio, Republicans are employing a new procedural strategy — creating delays in the legal process until it’s too late to overturn illegal maps before an election." https://t.co/lzNDn3jUak
— Democracy Docket (@DemocracyDocket) March 27, 2022

Our state is at the heart of a nationwide discussion about the fairness and justness of our political boundaries and the systems that dictate them. https://t.co/GaTF2HJAP9
— Aharon Brown (@aharon_brown) March 25, 2022

Ohio redistricting standoff causing logistical nightmare for election workers https://t.co/0SAySeZJZl
— Ion V. Sancho (@Ionsancho1) March 21, 2022

Supreme Court right-wing hypocrisy on voting rights

The Supreme Court isn’t bothering to hide its designs on our democracy, @paulwaldman1 and @ThePlumLineGS write https://t.co/daANpvzFux
— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) March 23, 2022

#ELB: Breaking: Supreme Court, in Bizarre Unsigned Opinion, Strikes Wisconsin Legislative Maps on Voting Rights Grounds, Signalling New Hostility to the Voting Rights Act https://t.co/WYhjjvnZO2
— Rick Hasen (@rickhasen) March 23, 2022

Needless to say, the Supreme Court's rather selective application of the Purcell principle (no last-minute changes to election rules) in AL vs. WI won't do anything to diminish perceptions it's become a partisan body.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) March 23, 2022

So much for overturning redistricting plans so close to an election. The full hypocrisy of the conservative majority of the Supreme Court on display. This is a willful exercise of political power by the Court, not judges calling balls and strikes https://t.co/am8mR3bLaI
— Michael McDonald (@ElectProject) March 23, 2022

Six weeks ago, in early February, SCOTUS stayed a ruling ordering Alabama to redraw its congressional map because it was too close to the election

Now, in late March, it's ordering Wisconsin to redraw its legislative maps https://t.co/pCwGbugAt0
— David Nir (@DavidNir) March 23, 2022

Keep in mind that this doesn't apply to the congressional map the WI Supreme Court adopted (not that that map helps Dems much). https://t.co/zG06wx5yqK
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) March 23, 2022

This is an absolutely shocking decision. The maps were adopted by a Republican justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. This appeal was considered a Hail Mary, and it prevailed. I am stunned by this ruling. https://t.co/i5r4D0eqcj
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) March 23, 2022

BREAKING: Supreme Court grants Wisconsin Republicans' request to throw out governor's state legislative maps drawn to include an extra majority-black district. Justices Kagan & Sotomayor write a dissent. Apparent vote is 7-2, but we cannot be sure as this is on the shadow docket.
— Steven Mazie (@stevenmazie) March 23, 2022

Update on gerrymandering in Kansas (3/2/22)

The legal fight over Kansas redistricting continues.

A third lawsuit was filed today – this one in Douglas County District court focused on allegations of political gerrymandering of Lawrence. #ksleg https://t.co/LDEs9gibci
— Katie Bernard (@KatieJ_Bernard) March 1, 2022

This is how partisan power gets entrenched.

The Kansas GOP’s supermajority, in place due to gerrymandering, is overriding the Governor’s veto so that their *new* gerrymandered maps can pass and further entrench their power.

A vicious political cycle that’s killing democracy. https://t.co/WhYYFhkODt
— Nick Knudsen 🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@NickKnudsenUS) February 8, 2022

Imminent Litigation To Fight GOP Gerrymandering In Kansas Revealedhttps://t.co/askR43SUpZ
— Bipartisan Report (@Bipartisanism) February 13, 2022

Update on gerrymandering in Ohio (3/21/22)

OHIO: I'm told there's a strong likelihood plaintiffs will file a new lawsuit against the GOP's latest congressional map before the end of the day, per the OH Supreme Court's order Friday.

Republicans are hoping courts will say the clock has run out on a challenge. We'll see.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) March 21, 2022

Wow: on a seeming technicality, the OH Supreme Court leaves open the possibility for the latest GOP congressional gerrymander to be used for this November’s election. A surprise and a setback for Democrats. https://t.co/Xb0NfnsY5K
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) March 18, 2022

Of the five remaining states, Ohio has by far the most potential to alter the national picture. If the OH Supreme Court invalidates the GOP plan and orders a 8-7 Trump plan (example, left), it could hand Dems 2-3 more seats vs. the current 12R-4D gerrymander (right). pic.twitter.com/vtgjiFwRlB
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) March 8, 2022

New: Ohio's Republicans propose a new 10R-2D-3C map that could still result in a 13R-2D split in a favorable GOP year. To my eye, this isn't really any less of a gerrymander than the first map the OH Supreme Court struck down. https://t.co/b9yb8UjKH7
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) March 1, 2022

Given that this map isn't much fairer than the one that was ruled illegal in Jan., the OH Supreme Court may strike down this map too. But in the meantime, OSU's Steve Huefner tells me he believes this map is in effect until the court says otherwise. https://t.co/QgCIcO80jz
— Nathaniel Rakich (@baseballot) March 2, 2022

#NEW: The Ohio Redistricting Commission has voted 5-2 to adopt a new congressional map. The plan now faces judicial review. https://t.co/V8PVmYBluG pic.twitter.com/VGyKNnXTcW
— The Redistrict Network (@RedistrictNet) March 2, 2022

P.S. If it stands, this Ohio map would be good for only two election cycles, since it failed to get any Democratic support on the commission. https://t.co/QgCIcO80jz pic.twitter.com/SquK2XGgdm
— Nathaniel Rakich (@baseballot) March 2, 2022

The congressional map adopted by the majority commissioners today continues to gerrymander Ohio’s communities, completely ignoring Ohioans’ demands for fairness. This is unacceptable.
— Senator Kenny Yuko (@KennyYuko) March 2, 2022

Update on gerrymandering in Pennsylvania

To intervene vs. Dem-majority state court rulings in NC & PA would seem to contradict SCOTUS's earlier (and highly disputed) rationale for rescuing the AL GOP's map: that it's too close to the election for changes. https://t.co/Pl7VQ6zv4i
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) February 28, 2022

NEW: Pennsylvania Republicans have asked SCOTUS to block the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's congressional map, arguing that the U.S. Constitution gives the state legislature a near-unlimited right to regulate federal elections. https://t.co/PXKZnMo9Pt
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) February 28, 2022

NEWS: In a 4-3 decision, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has picked the Carter plan as the commonwealth's new congressional map. More TK. pic.twitter.com/lFtajvkSv1
— Stephen Caruso (@StephenJ_Caruso) February 23, 2022

Full story here, more context coming as able https://t.co/m53mWntr9l
— Stephen Caruso (@StephenJ_Caruso) February 23, 2022

🚨BREAKING: Pennsylvania Supreme Court ADOPTS new congressional map. Court selects maps put forward by our clients (Carter) as new statewide map!

Proud of the work @EliasLawGroup and @RedistrictFdn did to ensure fair maps in Pennsylvania.https://t.co/L8iDXaDR1l
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) February 23, 2022

Today, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court chose this map (the "Carter map") as the commonwealth's next congressional map. https://t.co/uzDOnLgKtg pic.twitter.com/flVoW37prB
— Nathaniel Rakich (@baseballot) February 23, 2022

PENNSYLVANIA changes

Fitzpatrick: Biden +5.8 -> Biden +4.6
Wild: Biden +4.8 -> Biden +0.6
Cartwright: Trump +4.4 -> Trump +2.8
Perry: Trump +2.9 -> Trump +3.1
Lamb (OPEN): Biden +2.7 -> Biden +5.8
— u〽️ichvoter 🌴🏳️‍🌈 (@umichvoter) February 23, 2022

Update on gerrymandering in North Carolina (2/20/22)updated 2/26

Republicans' appeal of North Carolina's new congressional map has already been denied. This map will officially be in place for 2022 (but not beyond). https://t.co/lZCK2XW9PI
— Nathaniel Rakich (@baseballot) February 25, 2022

Just realized North Carolina is going to use four different congressional maps in four consecutive elections: 2018, 2020, 2022, and 2024.
— Nathaniel Rakich (@baseballot) February 25, 2022

The NC special masters' map is pretty much exactly proportional to the state's lean (7R-6D-1C), but it makes some curious choices to get there. Most notably, it splits Black communities down the middle in Charlotte, Winston-Salem, Fayetteville and Raleigh. pic.twitter.com/4KenQ16Tb4
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) February 23, 2022

If NC Supreme Court upholds this congressional map, would be a big win for Dems: a 7R-6D-1C plan, w/ a new safe Dem #NC14 in Charlotte and a new competitive but Dem-trending #NC13 outside Raleigh. https://t.co/ELsiRfP9iw
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) February 23, 2022

This week the North Carolina legislature passed a remedial congressional district map and well it's definitely a map. Obama carried six districts on this map in 2012 but Biden carried five. pic.twitter.com/BPhm8MVQCc
— Drew Savicki (@DrewSav) February 20, 2022

The #NCGA passed all three new maps tonight—for house, senate and Congress.

Next up: We wait to see what the court thinks #ncpol #ncga https://t.co/uQuZlUzzDc
— Will Doran (@will_doran) February 18, 2022

Edition 3 of the State House Map.
59 Biden – 61 Trump
56 Cunningham – 64 Tillis
65 Cooper – 55 Forest pic.twitter.com/dpmUjgfgwS
— North Carolinian Stands With 🇺🇦 (@UniteCarolina) February 17, 2022

🚨NEW: NC Supreme Court has released its full opinion striking down maps:

"We hold that the General Assembly’s 2021 enacted plans are partisan gerrymanders that on the basis of partisan affiliation substantially infringe upon plaintiffs’ fundamental right to equal voting power."
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) February 15, 2022

End partisan gerrymandering.

Protect democracy. pic.twitter.com/kypAMb7y3c
— Jeffrey Levin 🇺🇦 (@jilevin) February 28, 2022

If you're not a lawyer or constitutional scholar this might seem tedious. But the meaning is clear: If the NC challenge succeeds at SCOTUS there would be no redress for gerrymandering since it was previously thrown back to states. #BlueVoices #Demvoice1 https://t.co/Z5KFVd8shk
— 𝕃𝕠𝕔𝕦𝕥𝕦𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝔹𝕠𝕣𝕘™ (@WildPalmsLtd) February 26, 2022

Update on gerrymandering in Ohio (2/20/22)

The Ohio Supreme Court has given Republicans on the Ohio Redistricting Commission until noon on Wednesday to show why they shouldn’t be held in contempt of court for disregarding the Court‘s order to have new House and Senate maps by midnight last night pic.twitter.com/HEXp26Pv5F
— Karen Kasler (@karenkasler) February 18, 2022

These Republicans are shameless. https://t.co/ORRDsP7ZR8
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) February 17, 2022

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Supreme Court rejects 2nd round of GOP-drawn Statehouse maps as gerrymandered, sends them back for a 3rd try.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 8, 2022

Analysis: A new redistricting commission failed its first test and the Ohio Supreme Court said the legislative and congressional district maps must be redrawn. https://t.co/i6NnEpLTmK
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 18, 2022

Gerrymandering in Louisiana

Republicans appear to have veto-proof majorities for a status quo 5R-1D map in Louisiana. Looks like Dems’ only route for a second Black majority seat might be through litigation, though AL case makes that a long shot. https://t.co/q2iJK5KqKC
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) February 11, 2022

The state Senate approved a congressional map with 1 majority-Black district minutes after the architect of the proposal revealed she had discussed the legality of the map with an attorney hired by Republican legislators without Democrats’ knowledge.https://t.co/HypUMncBZ3
— 89.3 WRKF (@WRKF) February 9, 2022

Lawmakers in states across the South are gerrymandering election districts to reduce the voting power of non-white people.

The ACLU is fighting back to protect the right to vote for all Americans.https://t.co/Hp6o7RvIXD
— ACLU of Florida (@ACLUFL) February 8, 2022

Black Louisiana lawmaker condemns plan to eliminate his district, claims gerrymandering https://t.co/YMTDEFenNr via @Yahoo
— barney (@barney31912373) February 9, 2022

As a result, Alabama won't get a 2nd Black-majority CD—at least not for 2022. And the decision is a blow to efforts to add a 2nd Black seat in Louisiana and South Carolina too. https://t.co/dXJ8qtc2ol
— Nathaniel Rakich (@baseballot) February 7, 2022