The phrase
"redistricting cycle" refers to the process of redrawing the boundaries of electoral districts, usually after a census. This is done to ensure that population changes are properly represented and to maintain fairness in elections. It is a repetitive process that happens periodically, typically every ten years.
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[21] Arturo Vargas, executive director of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials, expected the Justice Department to play an active role
in redistricting this cycle.
The general assumption in political circles was that the seat would be eliminated during the once -
a-decade redistricting cycle, since whoever won the seat would be the junior-most member of the congressional delegation and Mr. Crowley had his eager eye on some of its territory.
In
prior redistricting cycles, authority for both congressional and state legislative redistricting was vested with the state legislature.
Arguably, that's where we need the help the most — Dems only control 30 of the 99 state legislative bodies, and the
next redistricting cycle will be upon us before we know it.
The Massachusetts State Legislature has, thus far, done a great job of making the redistricting process transparent and accountable to the people (a far cry from the
last redistricting cycle).
In a letter sent today to Bonacic and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, Koch noted the bill in question — S3331 — «would not apply for the
current redistricting cycle to be completed next year and therefore would not meet the requirements of the New York Uprising pledge, which specifies that the reforms apply to the redistricting pursuant to the 2010 Census.»
It is why we must seize this critical moment in our state's history to fundamentally and permanently change the redistricting process by amending our constitution to take the pen out of the legislators» hands and place it with an independent commission for
future redistricting cycles.
To access the state legislative district map approved in the 2010
redistricting cycle, click here.
At the time of the 2000
redistricting cycle, both chambers of the state legislature were controlled by Democrats; a Republican held the governorship.
On November 4, 2014, voters approved the amendment, the provisions of which were set to take effect during the 2020
redistricting cycle.
Updated 11:26 p.m. A decade after Rep. Tim Holden (Pa.) beat the odds in
a redistricting cycle by defeating a GOP colleague, the Blue Dog lost a Democratic primary tonight as a result of the decennial redrawing process.
Following the major trend of Texas's 2011
redistricting cycle, Democrats immediately railed against the Republican plan for not giving enough representation to minorities, even going as far as calling the map illegal.
Vetoing the lines and letting the courts handle the process is the best possible outcome for
this redistricting cycle.
To access the state legislative district maps during the 2010
redistricting cycle, click here.
«As Common Cause / NY has repeatedly stated, reform in
this redistricting cycle now lies with the Governor's veto pen.