@districks

Professional geography and demography nerd, focused on principled #redistricting, i.e. #FairMaps. Principal of Mapfigure Consulting. Fan of 11x17" paper. he/him

 North Carolina
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Full-on #redistricting season has arrived. My docket is very full, and so my presence on Twitter will be very limited until at least Halloween. #FairMaps
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1/3 I'm on another continent and am on vacation, but I learned that the #NCGA hadn't posted interactive maps for the proposed #redistricting plans. Here's a map that will let you zoom in, pan around, etc. to inspect. #NCPol #FairMaps. felt.com/map/Proposed-NC-Red…

Proposed NC Redistricting Plans Oct 2023 – Felt

The only cloud-native GIS platform.

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2/3 I could only find shapefiles for the proposed State House and State Senate plans. If shapefiles for the proposed Congressional plans are online somewhere, please let me know the URL and I'll share them.
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3/3 Also, fwiw, @felt (the platform I used for the interactive map) makes it insanely easy to create a map like this.
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#FairMaps #NCPol #NCGA
Under the Dome, N&O@underthedome21 Sep 2023
If the budget passes, it appears that lawmakers will have no obligation to share any drafts or materials that guided their decisions in drawing political maps. newsobserver.com/news/politi…
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Michael Li 李之樸@mcpli8 Jun 2023
🚨🚨🚨BREAKING: SCOTUS in 5-4 opinion by Chief Justice Roberts upholds ruling that Alabama must redraw congressional map to create second Black district. Opinion here: supremecourt.gov/opinions/22…
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Emily@emily_jkn27 Jan 2023
A new proposal for collecting race and ethnicity data on federal surveys (including the Census) just dropped. Public comments are open for 75 days federalregister.gov/document…
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@MCHammer18 Oct 2022
Redistricting fight over who is Black in Louisiana voting map : NPR npr.org/2022/10/18/112628782…

Who counts as Black in voting maps? Some GOP state officials want that narrowed

Republican officials in Louisiana are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to set a narrower definition of "Black" for redistricting that excludes some Black people and could minimize their voting power.

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John Holden@thejohnholden3 Mar 2022
Good news: The newest version of the QGIS Redistricting Plugin is now in the QGIS plugin repository, featuring a number of bug fixes
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Will Doran@will_doran28 Jan 2022
Breaking-but-expected: Gov. Cooper vetoes the bill that would have moved the 2022 primary elections back from May to June Don't fill in your calendars in pen just yet, though. The Supreme Court could still change the election date (again) #ncpol #ncga newsobserver.com/news/politi…

Cooper vetoes election date change, 2022 primary likely to remain in May. Why it matters

The Republican bill would have moved the primary to June.

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If you want to tune in the NC #redistricting trial tomorrow, it'll be streamed. ⬇️ #FairMaps
WRAL Gov't Coverage@NCCapitol2 Jan 2022
We plan to stream #ncpol’s redistricting hear tomorrow. Thanks to Keith Baker and @wral’s crack photo staff we’ll have a camera in the room. Here’s the link #ncga wral.com/tap-to-watch-judges…

Day 1: N.C.'s redistricting trial

Hearings start in North Carolina's gerrymandering lawsuits. A three-judge panel must decide whether Congressional and legislative maps passed by the General Assembly's Republican majority are...

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Will Doran@will_doran6 Dec 2021
Per @MurphinNC not all election filings are being indefinitely delayed--just the ones for seats that involve districts being challenged in gerrymandering lawsuits. In other words, the state legislature and US House #ncpol #ncga newsobserver.com/news/politi…

Election whiplash: Court halts candidate filing in disputed NC districts, then restarts it

A court stopped candidate filing in congressional and legislative districts just before it was supposed to start, but then restored it.

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Danielle Battaglia@dani__battaglia6 Dec 2021
Filing for Congress, NC House and NC Senate ends before it begins. newsobserver.com/news/politi… #ncpol #ncga

Election whiplash: Court halts candidate filing in disputed NC districts, then restarts it

A court stopped candidate filing in congressional and legislative districts just before it was supposed to start, but then restored it.

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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him)@hansilowang1 Sep 2021
5. When people talk about redistricting, there's a lot of focus on Congress. In case you forgot the redrawing of voting maps is happening at *every* level of gov't — including counties & school districts — a list of Section 2 VRA cases from DOJ's website: justice.gov/crt/voting-secti…
United States v. City of West Monroe, LA (W.D. La. 2021) United States v. Chamberlain School District (D.S.D 2020) United States v. City of Eastpointe, MI (E.D. Mich 2017) United States v. State of North Carolina (M.D.N.C. 2013) United States v. State of Texas (W.D. Tex. 2013) United States v. State of Texas (S.D. Tex. 2013) United States v. Town of Lake Park, FL (S.D. Fla. 2009) United States v. Euclid City School District Board of Education, OH (N.D. Ohio 2008) United States v. Salem County and the Borough of Penns Grove, NJ (D.N.J. 2008) United States v. The School Board of Osceola County, FL (M.D. Fla. 2008) United States v. Georgetown County School District, et al. SC (D.S.C. 2008) United States v. City of Philadelphia, PA (E.D. Pa. 2007) United States v. Village of Port Chester, NY (S.D.N.Y. 2006) United States v. City of Euclid, et al. OH (N.D. Ohio 2006) United States v. Long County, GA (S.D. Ga. 2006)

ALT United States v. City of West Monroe, LA (W.D. La. 2021) United States v. Chamberlain School District (D.S.D 2020) United States v. City of Eastpointe, MI (E.D. Mich 2017) United States v. State of North Carolina (M.D.N.C. 2013) United States v. State of Texas (W.D. Tex. 2013) United States v. State of Texas (S.D. Tex. 2013) United States v. Town of Lake Park, FL (S.D. Fla. 2009) United States v. Euclid City School District Board of Education, OH (N.D. Ohio 2008) United States v. Salem County and the Borough of Penns Grove, NJ (D.N.J. 2008) United States v. The School Board of Osceola County, FL (M.D. Fla. 2008) United States v. Georgetown County School District, et al. SC (D.S.C. 2008) United States v. City of Philadelphia, PA (E.D. Pa. 2007) United States v. Village of Port Chester, NY (S.D.N.Y. 2006) United States v. City of Euclid, et al. OH (N.D. Ohio 2006) United States v. Long County, GA (S.D. Ga. 2006)

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1⃣ County cluster options for #NCGA #redistricting have been determined! There are 16 options for the Senate and 8 for the House. Article linked to from post⬇️includes other nuggets of analysis, too. #FairMaps #NCPol sites.duke.edu/quantifyingge…
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4⃣ Worth noting that there's an outside chance that something other than these clusters could end up being used—if they are challenged as not complying with the voting rights act. For more on that, see ⬇️. #FairMaps blog.districks.com/2021/08/1…

Race and County Clusters in North Carolina

Between the summer of 2019 and this summer, other North Carolinians and I have collectively written at least eight pieces with a total or partial focus on how North Carolina groups counties for...

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5⃣ I have been in touch with the folks at @davesredist, @DistrictBuilder, and @gerrymandr—among others—about possibly incorporating the clusters in their respective tools. Such implementations may not be practical until the _final_ groupings have been chosen.
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Wanting to check out the new #census data but not sure where to get your hands on it in user-friendly spreadsheets instead of the raw "legacy" format? The #Redistricting Data Hub (@redistdatahub?) has validated tables available for download. ⬇️#FairMaps redistrictingdatahub.org/

Redistricting Data Hub

We have all the redistricting data you need to draw or analyze Community of Interest or District maps

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