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Texas will get new 4 Congressional seats – redistricting reform needed, and Lord of the Rings references

Posted in Campaign Finance, Good Government, Redistricting, tagged Democratic, frodo, independent redistricting commission, jeff wentworth, mark strama, redistricting, republican, Texas, United States Congress on December 21, 2010 | 7 Comments »

Well, it’s official– and let the bloodbath begin. Texas has been growing (this we knew), but by enough to mean that we will get 4 new Congressional seats. Much of our growth has been occurring in suburbs and exurbs, and we’ve been losing relative population in rural areas, so it will be interesting to see [...]

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Houston Redistricting Hearing

Posted in Campaign Finance, Consumers, Good Government, Texas Legislature, tagged Government, houston, redistricting, Texas Legislature, tx on November 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Come one, come all. The House Committee on Redistricting is taking public testimony at hearings around the state regarding redistricting that will help shape the districts for both the house and senate of the Texas legislature, Texas congressional districts, and districts for the election of judicial officers or of governing bodies or representatives of political subdivisions or [...]

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Austin Redistricting Hearing

Posted in Campaign Finance, tagged Austin, redistricting, tx on November 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

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Redistricting and the mid-cycle election

Posted in Campaign Finance, Texas Legislature, tagged Democratic, gop, redistricting, republican, State legislatures, Texas, United States Congress on November 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Republican gains in Congress were the major stories for the national media, but it is the party’s gains in down-ballot local state house races that may have created the most lasting protection for the GOP‘s new majority in the House of Representatives. Once every decade, state legislators begin the process of redrawing congressional districts to [...]

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You can attend a hearing on redistricting in your community

Posted in Good Government, tagged census, congressional districts, redistricting, state board of education district, Texas, texas legislative districts on October 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The House Committee on Redistricting, as a function of it’s procedural jurisdiction and as part of the 81st legislature’s interim charges, is conducting public hearings around the state regarding redistricting that will occur during the 82nd Legislature, which begins January 11, 2011. The committee will be taking public testimony at these hearings and we would encourage you to [...]

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The best video game since World of Warcraft- Redistricting: The Game!!

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged independent redistricting commission, redistricting, Texas, Tom Delay on February 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Texas faces the possibility of real reform on how we draw our districts next time around, hopefully preventing the repeat of the debacle from last time around when a partisan agenda prompted a walkout by members of the Legislature. So, while doing some research about redistricting reform this morning I stumbled upon a “gem” of [...]

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