During the heat of the federal shutdown, the Globe’s editorial writers recently suggested that a non-partisan redistricting commission, here in Massachusetts, could help end the hyper-partisanship gripping Washington. To see if that’s … [Read more...]
Sonia Chang-Diaz on Redistricting and More
Very timely, considering U.S. Rep. Barney Frank's announcement that the recent redistricting inspired him not to run again, MA Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz joined us on Left Ahead. Click the player below for her 33-minute show. She dealt in … [Read more...]
MassVOTE open letter on new proposed districts
To: The Honorable Michael Moran and the Honorable Stan Rosenberg, Chairs, Massachusetts Joint Committee on Redistricting From: Cheryl Crawford, Co-Executive Director, MassVOTE Date: October 25, 2011 Dear Chairmen Rosenberg and … [Read more...]
Senator Stan Rosenberg’s Whopping $400,000 Conflict of Interest
Congressional redistricting is a perilous political process even in the best of times, when no seats are going to be eliminated. There is so much at stake for different groups and the fortunes of the politicians themselves that it can … [Read more...]
CA Redistricting Proves that Citizens Can and Should Draw the Lines: MA should follow suit
This week California’s Citizens Redistricting Commission proved yet again that the everyday citizen is more than capable of drawing fair and representative district maps. Over the past eight months, the citizen-based commission has worked … [Read more...]
Preserving Communities of Interest: Massachusetts Congressional Map
Massachusetts redistricting is well under way. The Legislative Committee on Redistricting has concluded its round of public hearings and is now scheduled to begin drawing maps over the next couple of months. In the spirit of Common Cause … [Read more...]
Massachusetts Redistricting Olympics
Common Cause Massachusetts is hosting a Redistricting Olympics this summer. We will be taking citizen drawn Congressional, State House, and State Senate maps all summer, evaluating them, declaring a winner, giving out prizes and submitting … [Read more...]
Redrawing the Massachusetts State Senate
A couple of weeks ago, MerrimackMan (MM) over at RMG posted some ideas for the redistricting committee to consider when redrawing the State Senate lines this year. I had already been hard at work on drawing my own maps, and since they … [Read more...]
Yet another redistricting resource
Via email from The Rose Institute of State and Local Government, a nonprofit institute at Claremont McKenna College. The Rose recently launched a new redistricting website that I think you might be interested in given the political writing … [Read more...]
Legislature launches redistricting website
Saturday, March 26, 10 a.m., Springfield High School; -- Monday, March 28, 6 p.m., Lynn City Hall; -- Monday, April 11, 6 p.m., Clark University, Worcester; -- Monday, April 25, 6 p.m., Pittsfield City Hall; -- Monday, May 2, 6 p.m., … [Read more...]