[IL] County Redistricting (News Clips) 4/16/2012 “The process for drawing new district maps for Cook County Commissioner Districts is underway. The League of Women Voters of Cook County [IL] urges citizens to become involved in this process as the…
Senate Maps Head Back to Court (News Clips) 4/9/2012 “‘The Court gave the Senate a second chance, but the Senate just did exactly what it has done in every redistricting cycle — drawn districts to protect themselves and their political allies rather…
House GOP Leaders Squelch Debate on Changing Process (News Clips) 4/5/2012 “Olivia Thorne, president of the Pennsylvania League of Women Voters, said any changes to the size of the state House should be accompanied with a reformed process for redrawing the state's…
Minnesotans Want Independent, Nonpartisan Redistricting, LWV Survey Reports (News Clips) 4/2/2012 “A survey commissioned by the League of Women Voters shows that Minnesotans want changes in the redistricting process so that the decisions are made in an independent, nonpartisan way.”
Far-Flung New House District Highlights Need for Reform (News Clips) 3/27/2012 “Ohio voters deserve better. A coalition of citizen advocacy groups, led by the League of Women Voters of Ohio, filed petitions with the Ohio attorney general this week to reform state redistricting…
Redistricting Is Creating Rifts in the State's Non-Partisan High Court (News Clips) 2/29/2012 “Several normally tepid procedural rulings have sparked a flurry of divided opinions as the Florida Supreme Court prepares to hear oral arguments over redistricting maps ... ”
League of Women Voters Decries Method of North Hempstead Redistricting (News Clips) 2/28/2012 “The League of Women Voters of Port Washington-Manhasset [NY]...takes issue with the vote taken by the North Hempstead Town Board on Wednesday...that created a redistricting committee made up only of…
Ruling Suggests Florida Supreme Court May Broaden Redistricting Review (News Clips) 2/22/2012 “With about a week to go until the Feb. 29 oral arguments before the Florida Supreme Court over the state's plan for legislative redistricting, justices are already fighting about how far the…
League of Women Voters Brings Opposition to Legislature to the Capitol (News Clips) 2/22/2012 “The League of Women Voters of Florida, with four lawsuits now in place against the actions of state legislators, prepped members at the Governors Club in Tallahassee Tuesday night, with a…
Absolute Privilege? Absolutely NOT (News Clips) 2/21/2012 “This bill smacks of an effort by some state lawmakers to avoid answering how they came up with strong Republican congressional districts in areas where the number of GOP voters has declined ... The…