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 report from the Rose Institute of State and Local Government at Claremont McKenna College finds that Proposition 77 would result in a significant increase in competition in California elections. The Institute's research finds that Proposition...
The November 6, 1990 Ballot offers a dramatic series of competing and contradictory proposals addressing pesticide use, timber harvesting, tax increases, the length of time state officeholders may serve and other fundamental and far reaching...
This study explores the origin and history of the gerrymander, types of gerrymandering, gerrymandering and the use of technology, the threat of the gerrymander to representational democracy, and possible solutions to this threat.
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...
This study examines the experiences of non-legislative reapportionment commissions in other states to determine whether this form of reapportionment is in the best interests of representative government in California.
Watsonville (Calif.) Newspapers; Voting rights United States History; law;
This document is a compilation of newspaper clippings regarding the Watsonville Voting Rights decision and a bibliography of other voting rights cases in the 1980s. The case at hand is the Gomez v. City of Watsonville case.
T. Anthony Quinn writes about the failure of one man-one vote from Reynolds v. Sims and its impracticality through examples in Texas and California. He argues that one man-one vote has not created equality and gerrymandering still limits...
This analysis by the Senate Office of Research (SOR) looks at the background, fiscal effects, and policy implications of each state proposition on the general election ballot and lists known supporters and opponents. SOR offers this analysis to...
Redistricting (Election law); Gerrymandering; Gerrymandering United States
This document is a compilation based on three monographs; it describes and demonstrates the problem of partisan gerrymandering and offers solutions to it.
This survey studies the opinions of the residents of San Gabriel Valley in regards to waste disposal. This survey covers which form of waste disposal residents prefer (incineration, rail haul, and local landfills), why they prefer it, and how much...
This document consists of an organized compilation of bibliography materials for reapportionment and redistricting. This bibliography list will allow others to study redistricting in depth.
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...
This document traces the history of reapportionment in Pennsylvania. It includes details and analysis of reapportionment from statehood to the 1990s. The focus of this document is on the Legislative Reapportionment Commission, a commission set up...
This paper outlines strategic considerations for establishing single member districts. The underlying thesis of this paper is that due to the expanding size of cities, the complexity of issues, expensive electioneering, minority...
In 1980, California voters passed Proposition 6, which set guidelines which the legislature must follow in the drawing of new district boundaries. After the passage of Proposition 6, the Rose Institute of State and Local Government conducted a...
