30,275 people applied for the 14 slots on the Citizens Redistricting Commission (CRC). As the Rose Institute reported earlier, the application deadline was extended from February 12th to February 16th because of the intense interest. The Citizens Redistricting Commission is entrusted with the task of redrawing California’s Legislative Districts in 2011, and is a result of [...]
Florida redistricting after the 2010 census is likely to be a partisan struggle. The state is likely to gain an additional Congressional seat (for a total of 26). Despite having more registered Democrats than Republicans in Florida, the state government is dominated by Republicans. The state Senate has twenty-six Republicans to fourteen Democrats and the [...]
The Miami-Fort Lauderdale- Palm Beach area includes the 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, and 22nd districts. The more southern 18th and 21st are held by Republicans while the rest are held by Democrats. All, however, are below the ideal population level, some by a considerable amount.
Florida’s 17th congressional district is located at the [...]
Our southern Florida region contains five districts: 13th, 14th, 16th, 23rd and 25th. Four seats are held by Republicans and over-populated while the 23rd is held by a Democrat and relatively under-populated.
Florida’s 13th congressional district stretches along the Gulf Coast from just below Tampa Bay to Charlotte harbor. It includes all of Sarasota, DeSoto and [...]
Central Florida includes the 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, and 15th districts. It is centered on Tampa and St. Petersburg in the west, though some districts stretch across inland Florida to the Space Coast along the Atlantic.
Florida’s 9th congressional district includes the area north of St. Petersburg and north and east of Tampa. It is also [...]
Northern Florida contains seven districts: the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 24th. The 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th are currently held by Republicans and all but the 3rd are over the ideal population for a district.
The 3rd lies in the center of the area. It was drawn in 1992 to be North Florida’s black-majority [...]
Florida redistricting after the 2010 census is likely to be a partisan struggle. The state is likely to gain an additional Congressional seat (for a total of 26). Despite having more registered Democrats than Republicans in Florida, the state government is dominated by Republicans. The state Senate has twenty-six Republicans to fourteen Democrats and the [...]
The Rose Institute has recently launced its own YouTube channel and uploaded several videos to share. There are currently four videos on the channel; all are highlights of the recent RedistrictingCA Southern California Redistricting Conference held at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center in Burbank, CA on December 15th, 2009. We hope that you enjoy the [...]
In 2008, California voters passed Proposition 11, the Voters FIRST Act, which took control of the redistricting process for the state assembly and senate away from the lawmakers and gave it to an independent commission. Now that commission is being created, and citizens from across the state are applying to be on it.
The State Auditor’s [...]
The process for implementing California’s Proposition 11, the ballot initiative which moved district-drawing process for state legislative districts from legislators to a Citizens Redistricting Commission, is well underway.
The Applicant Review Panel (APR) for the Citizens’ Redistricting Commission–the state auditors who will choose the candidates for the Citizens Redistricting Commission–was announced on November 16th. The APR was chosen [...]
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