Author: Kansas. Legislature. Legislative Research DepartmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Election districts
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A collection of maps of each Kansas House of Representatives District.
House District Maps 2012
Author: Kansas. Legislature. Legislative Research DepartmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Election districts
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A collection of maps of each Kansas House of Representatives District.
Redistricting
Author: Charles S. Bullock IIIPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN: 1442203552
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
This book will prepare readers for the redistricting of congressional, state legislative, and local collegial bodies that will follow the 2010 Census. Almost every state legislature will devote extensive time to redrawing its own districts along with the state's congressional districts during 2011-2012. Chapters 2 through 5 cover the major factors involved in drawing the new maps. These are arranged in the order of their legal prominence beginning with the need for equal populations before moving to the obligation to avoid discriminating against minorities. Chapter 4 examines the other elements weighed by those redrawing districts: compactness, respect for political boundaries and communities of interest. Chapter 5 deals with partisan considerations and consequences of redistricting. More than any other state, Georgia has probably been the locale for more precedent-setting cases and had more difficulty securing Department of Justice approval of its districting plans. Chapter 6 uses Georgia as a case study to demonstrate the application of a number of concepts discussed in the preceding four chapters. The seventh chapter provides a preview of the post-2010 redistricting with a discussion of projections of likely congressional reapportionment. The final chapter also considers how the changes in the Voting Rights Act adopted in 2006 may affect the next round of redistricting.
Congressional District Maps 2012
Author: Kansas. Legislature. Legislative Research DepartmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Election districts
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A collection of maps of each Kansas Congressional District.
The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts, 1789-1983
Author: Kenneth C. MartisPublisher: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
ISBN: 9780029201503
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
2002-2012 Ohio District Maps
Author: Congressional District Atlas
Author: United States. Bureau of the CensusPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1050
Book Description
2002-2012 Ohio District Maps
Author: Senate District Maps 2012
Author: Kansas. Legislature. Legislative Research DepartmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Election districts
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A collection of maps of each Kansas Senate District.
State Board of Education District Maps 2012
Author: Kansas. Legislature. Legislative Research DepartmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Election districts
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A collection of maps of each Kansas State Board of Education District.
The Political Battle over Congressional Redistricting
Author: William J. MillerPublisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 073916984X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
John Engler, former Governor of Michigan, once claimed that redistricting is one of the purest actions a legislative body can take. Academicians and political leaders alike, however, have regularly debated the ideal way by to redistrict national and state legislatures. Rather than being the pure process that Governor Engler envisioned, redistricting has led to repeated court battles waged on such traditional democratic values as one person, one vote, and minority rights. Instead of being an opportunity to help ensure maximum representation for the citizens, the process has become a cat and mouse game in many states with citizen representation seemingly the farthest idea from anyone’s mind. From a purely political perspective, those in power in the state legislature at the time of redistricting largely act like they have unilateral authority to do as they please. In this volume, contributors discuss why such an assumption is concerning in the modern political environment.