#election-redistricting

#election-redistricting

John Kaehny has written and successfully lobbied for the passage of state and New York City laws related to government transparency and accountability, including the first open data law in the world in 2012.

Keep state as close as possible to where it's actually used. Lift it when multiple components need it or you need to coordinate behavior between components.

Brent is one of the most ethnically diverse local authorities in the UK, with a mix of urban districts in the east and suburban neighbourhoods in the west.

The appeals court ruled that a lower court had considered Peters's personal beliefs when deciding upon a punishment, thereby rendering the sentence improper.

Republican supporters of the SAVE America Act describe the law as a commonsense measure to prevent voter fraud, yet it represents a blatant defiance of common sense and a fraudulent seizure of ballot access.

In perhaps a vain attempt to prove themselves moderate, the Democratic lawmakers helped override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's vetoes. Voters responded with the kind of ballot-box fury that should serve as a lesson to other incumbents. It wasn't just a case that the incumbents lost. They were buried, with several of them getting trounced by margins of 40 points or more.

The death of Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother and U.S. citizen who was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis on Wednesday, has the potential to shake the political landscape in ways reminiscent of George Floyd's killing in 2020. The Trump administration initially claimed Good weaponized her vehicle in an act of domestic terrorism, an account that appears to be contradicted by video evidence.

The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that California this fall may use its new election map, which is expected to send five more Democrats to Congress. With no dissents, the justices rejected emergency appeals from California Republicans and President Trump's lawyers, who claimed the map was a racial gerrymander to benefit Latinos, not a partisan effort to bolster Democrats. Trump's lawyers supported the California Republicans and filed a Supreme Court brief asserting that "California's recent redistricting is tainted by an unconstitutional racial gerrymander."