Congressional Redistricting

For all you Republican party political nerds out there, what is the major concern?

If adopted, the plan will almost certainly result in an additional Democrat in Congress.  

As sunlight is the best antiseptic here is a copy of the Plaintiffs’ plan based on the underlying data not currently publicly available on Pacer so the public at large can analyze it.

But do you notice the fun part? We (the public) have been invited to participate!!! Feel free to submit your plan (with legal and factual explanations) for consideration to the Court.

Additional Call for the House to Pass Redistricting Legislation.  D.J. McGuire over at Bearing Drift has joined me in calling for the House to pass redistricting legislation quickly.  As I indicated on Wednesday,  “The Republican Caucuses are asleep at the switch, and are potentially burying…

The Republican Caucuses are asleep at the switch, and are potentially burying our Congressional Republicans through inaction.

The three judge federal panel that had ordered the General Assembly to redraw Virginia’s Congressional districts by April 1st has now extended the deadline until September.[read_more] The original order came after the panel of judges in the Eastern District of Virginia had declared the boundaries…