SXSW Panel Asks, Will Gerrymandering Get Worse Before It Gets Better?

Changing the districting narrative from computers to communities

"...“A decade ago, the words ‘gerrymandering’ or ‘apportionment’ didn’t resonate with voters,” began Michael Li...."

March 8, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Public Notice: “Gerrymandering Is Not a Game”

"... except when it is"

"...egregiously gerrymandered House and congressional district maps ("SCOTUS Lets Gerrymandering Slide," June 29), the timing couldn't be better for..."

July 13, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

TravCo "Gerrymandering"

"...the Democrats on the court went into full apoplectic gerrymandering mode. Precinct lines were redrawn again in 2011 in..."

July 8, 2019 Postmarks

The Texas Hammer: Gerrymandering

Fragmenting progressive counties

"..."For me personally, gerrymandering means that I have had the opportunity to represent..."

March 17, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Hot Luck Fest Returns, Top BBQ Joints Revealed, Bordeaux Women Honored, Prep ATX Launches, Mangia Dies a Lizardly Death, and Somebody’s Gerrymandering Pizza

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...heavily gerrymandered 37th House district, to illustrate how partisan gerrymandering works. “This delicious activation comes during a once-in-a-decade redistricting..."

Oct. 20, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Gerrymandering at Work

"...The 2018 election provides further example[s] of effects of gerrymandering in Texas. Travis County voters picked Democrats by a..."

Nov. 8, 2018 Postmarks

SCOTUS Lets Gerrymandering Slide

Only one of 11 house and congressional districts marked for redrawing

June 29, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Texas' Big, Bad Week for Voter Suppression and Gerrymandering

Within two days, courts reject second election map, voter ID bill

"...tactics have kept Texas Republicans in power. From discriminatory gerrymandering to discriminatory voter ID laws, it has become entirely..."

Aug. 25, 2017 News Post by Richard Whittaker

'No Compromise' on Gerrymandering Travis

State refusing to back down on shattering Travis

"...issue. They refuse to back down on the vicious gerrymandering of Travis County and in particular Lloyd Doggett's seat,..."

Feb. 13, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Stop the Gerrymandering!

"...in their efforts to eliminate their opposition. The blatant gerrymandering/malapportionment strategies they have utilized in recent years have grown..."

June 4, 2011 Postmarks

Gerrymandering: The Movie

Screening at Ritz tonight examines redistricting tactics

"...down to the Alamo Drafthouse Ritz tonight to see Gerrymandering, a film claiming to expose "the most effective form..."

Jan. 24, 2011 News Post by Lee Nichols

Hot Luck Fest Returns, Top BBQ Joints Revealed, Bordeaux Women Honored, Prep ATX Launches, Mangia Dies a Lizardly Death, and Somebody’s Gerrymandering Pizza

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

Oct. 22, 2021 Food Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

SCOTUS Takes Up Texas Gerrymandering

Doggett, Farenthold's districts to be questioned

Jan. 19, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Hearing on Gerrymandering Set for April 27

A hearing on congressional redistricting is set for April 27

April 21, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Rights and Consequences

The Redistricting trial pits "partisan gerrymandering" against the Voting Rights Act.

"...and similar restrictions. "Now the code word is 'partisan gerrymandering,'" continued Overstreet, referring to the state's defense of its..."

Dec. 19, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

Slay the Dragon

Hard-hitting political documentary shows the menace of gerrymandering is coming back

"...the outcome of any election. The latter is called gerrymandering and, as political documentary Slay the Dragon explores, it’s..."

April 17, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Letters at 3am: Oligarchy Blues

Without fair elections and a viable legislative process at federal and state levels, the republic no longer exists

"...Gerrymandering: Election coverage concentrates on personalities, hot-button issues, and polls,..."

June 27, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura

The Redistricting Rematch

Election law experts differ on meaning of Supreme Court's move

"...similar nature – in this instance, the Pennsylvania partisan gerrymandering case of Vieth v. Jubelirer, which the Supremes decided..."

Oct. 22, 2004 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Once Again, Redistricting Looms in Texas

Republicans hold all the power to draw new lines, but there's more attention on the process than ever before

"...been America's tragic poster child for the depredations of gerrymandering for two decades now, ever since Tom DeLay –..."

Feb. 12, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Capitol Chronicle

Federal judges denounce gerrymandering, but then leave us with the same old bunch of white guys.

"...is implicit in all that we have said: political gerrymandering, a purely partisan exercise, is inappropriate for a federal..."

Nov. 30, 2001 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: The Victory of Tom DeLay

With redistricting ruling, SCOTUS says it’s OK to cheat to win

"...great length but small logic) that while extreme partisan gerrymandering is indeed lamentable – even unconstitutional – there is..."

July 5, 2019 News Column by Michael King

Opinion: Suffragettes of White Supremacy

Ashley Cheng, co-host of the Rabble podcast, looks at the history of racism in Austin’s suffrage movement

"...ID law, the most poll closures of any state, gerrymandering, the infamously botched voter purge of 2019 – all..."

March 13, 2020 Column by Ashley Cheng

What You Need to Know About U.S. Senate and House Races in Texas

Early voting in Texas starts Feb. 18, 2020. Here's the view from atop your Texas primary ballot.

"...will recall, once again, that due to extreme Republican gerrymandering, six congressional districts encompass some part of the city..."

Dec. 6, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Headlines

"...and sided with the GOP on a number of gerrymandering cases. See "Point Austin," or "SCOTUS Lets Gerrymandering Slide,"..."

June 29, 2018 News Feature

Chronicle Endorsements: State of Texas

Senate, House, State Board of Education, and more races

"...Rampant gerrymandering makes most Texas Senate seats so secure that endorsements..."

Oct. 21, 2016 News Feature

Texas Redistricting: A Timeline

"...has found itself in federal court facing accusations of gerrymandering...."

March 9, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Riding the Pinwheel

The GOP redraws the map of Texas – brazenly sidestepping most of the state's newest voters

"...both districts have the spiderlike appearance that makes some anti-gerrymandering advocates cringe, but at least one of those advocates..."

Aug. 26, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Point Austin: Supremes v. Texas

The future of U.S. politics may become, "Vote for Show, Map for Dough"

"...of 13 of 30 districts on grounds of racial gerrymandering; a 2001 legislative deadlock (engineered by the Republicans) to..."

March 10, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Court Reporter

At the Supreme Court Wednesday, it was all about Texas and the future

"...was that the court doesn't care much for racial re-gerrymandering, and has VRA tools to address it, but doesn't..."

March 3, 2006 News Feature by Michael King

Still Fighting Redistricting

Plaintiffs argue state used inaccurate census data

"...Jubelirer, which also took up the issue of political gerrymandering...."

Jan. 21, 2005 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

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