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Redistricting Related Material

April 13, 2021

Associated Press | News

 16 states back Alabama’s challenge to Census privacy tool Sixteen other states are backing Alabama’s challenge to a statistical method the U.S. Census Bureau is using for the first time...

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April 13, 2021

WVTF | News

Redistricting Commission Develops Outreach Plan  After beginning training sessions on how to run government meetings,  citizens and lawmakers serving on the hybrid commission drawing Virginia’s next voting districts focused on...

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March 15, 2021

The Hill | OpEd

You voted, now draw your election districts These moments are not only calling for the next election, but the next elections. How districts are drawn will impact election results for...

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March 15, 2021

The AP | News

South emerges as flashpoint of brewing redistricting battle Virginia looms as a warning to the GOP — a once solidly Republican state that became a solidly Democratic one as the...

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March 15, 2021

Inside Nova | News

Prince William County begins redistricting process State code requires localities to redraw magisterial districts every 10 years after the completion of the U.S. Census. Prince William has seven districts, with...

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March 5, 2021

Ballotpedia|News

 Ballot Bulletin: U.S. Census Bureau postpones release of redistricting data Even before the Census Bureau’s Feb. 12 announcement, officials in California and New Jersey, anticipating delays, took steps to postpone...

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March 5, 2021

Pew Research Center | News

With fewer state governments divided by party than in years past, GOP has edge in redistricting Whenever it happens, redistricting is an intensely, and innately, political process. And when the...

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March 5, 2021

Virginia Mercury | News

 Sweeping voting rights package passes U.S. House The House passed sweeping voting rights, redistricting, campaign finance and ethics reform, late Wednesday night along party lines in a 220 to 210...

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March 5, 2021

C-Ville | News

 Voter frustration A dedicated few have long tried to slay the gerrymander beast that allows politicians to pick their voters. For nearly 20 years, state Senator Creigh Deeds proposed redistricting reform...

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March 2, 2021

The Washington Post | News

Ohio sues Census Bureau over new redistricting deadline Ohio sued the U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday over its decision to delay the release of redistricting data by six months.The delay...

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