Dr. Richard Morrill and the Rose Institute of State and Local Government created a model redistricting plan for the 1981 California redistricting. The plan used the best available good government criteria to create majority-minority districts and...
This document outlines a brief history of redistricting in the United States, including court cases, technological advancements, and historical perspectives. All of this history is then used to inform new perspectives on redistricting in the...
Redistricting; California Legislature; Statistical analysis
This report provides information on and illustrates the defects of the Senate redistricting plan passed by the Legislature (S.B. 287) on September 16, 1991 and subsequently vetoed by Governor Wilson
This document provides an in-depth background of districting and apportionment in the 1960s. It includes an overview of Congressional and State Assembly districts. It also includes analysis and state-by-state maps of the districts.
Richard G. Nixon analyzes the effect of earlier Supreme Court cases and their subsequent interpretation on the effects of gerrymandering and evaluates whether one man-one vote has achieved its goals of creating fairness and equity. From...
This report by the Rose Institute of State & Local Government introduces redistricting techniques and technology (as of 1965 through the 1980s) and details the tasks involved in a typical redistricting project.
The career professionalization of members of the U.S. House of Representatives has been influenced by an assortment of historical, socio-economic and political factors rooted both within the congressional institution and members' home state...
This document is a compilation of a conference packet given to attendees of the Rose Institute Conference entitled, ""Time to Draw the Line: 1991."" In this report, the Rose Institute primarily covers redistricting law, important cases, Census...
This study examines California initiatives from 1976 to 1986 and the relative importance of several factors-- political climate, primary vs. general ballot, regional trends, level of campaign expenditures, and regional/political context as they...
This report is meant to analyze the effects of ethnic gerrymandering and reapportionment on the Chicano community in California. It provides of an analysis of the effects of the reapportionment and gerrymandering on the Chicano community, in recent...
""Introduction to Redisctricting: Perspectives for Latinos"" consolidates two previous conference pamphlets and emphasizes material especially pertinent to Latino concerns. For an introduction to redistricting a California citizen needs a brief...
This document is one of a series published by the Rose Institute of State and Local Government on the redistricting process, both in California and nationally. It consolidates some previous conference pamphlets and emphasizes material especially...
This document offers a short, non-technical summary of some of the major features of the law, politics, and technology of redistricting and their effects on redistricting in the 1980s. It also comments on possible future developments in the...
House of Representatives (U.S); Californians; California; Capitol Hill (Washington, D.C.); Bibliography; Elections; Districts; Voting; Representatives in Congress (United Statess); Research
This research bibliography lists sources related to the study of the California State Delegation in the United States Congress. These souces include profiles of individual representatives, general references about Congressional districts and...
political campaigns California; campaign finance; elections; campaign funds
This report by the Secretary of State summarizes campaign financing activity - total receipts, expenditures, cash on hand and debts - reported by major party candidates for state offices during the six-month period of July 1 through December 31,...
This paper is intended as an introductory outline and check-list for decision makers in local governments that are making single-member districts for the first time of that are realigning their existing districts.
Election districts; Population statistics; Minorities; Landmark decisions; Representation; Equality
This report written for the Mayor and City Council of the city of Phoenix assesses the quality of plans developed by citizens for the redistricting of the city. Further, the Rose Insitute of State and Local Government sought to perform the...
