2020 New York Redistricting

[Virginiá]

I will mark you down as a member in good standing that partisan high courts on Hack City, and just laugh at enforcing provisions like districts must not be drawn to favor one party or incumbents and must be compact. I am less cynical personally. We shall see.

If Republican hack judges in North Carolina and Florida are going to allow Republicans to ignore the Fair Districts Amendment in Florida (I.e. cutting out St Pete from Pinellas county and sticking it in with Tampa) and judicial precedent in North Carolina (I.e. sticking Durham in the 1st district and cutting up Guilford county), I think the hack Dem judges in New York will have no choice but to return the favor.

tbf NC has a 4 - 3 Democratic supreme court, so the edge in redistricting lawsuits likely won't be in favor of the R gerrymanders.

[Virginiá]

I mean, the legislature pretty much gave themselves an off-ramp from the commission specifically so they could pass their own maps. An intense pressure campaign to appoint a liberal justice was also in large part to approve new maps (among other things). Why would they not take advantage of the groundwork they have laid? The complaints about incumbent protection also seem set up to give the legislature an excuse to reject the map.

These faux-reform commissions never do what they are supposed to do. It's always the same. New York, Virginia, Ohio.... If they were intended to actually work, they wouldn't have all sorts of exceptions for the legislature to abuse.

[Virginiá]

The 2% rule is the biggest hurdle for Dems here.

What is this 2% rule? Whatever it is, if it is a problem, then I would think the supermajority legislature should simply change it.

If the legislature wants to modify the commission plan, it can't deviate more than 2% pop. for any given district.

But Democrats can always reject the first map, and then the second map, and then pass their own if they have a 2/3rd majority.

[Virginiá]

https://twitter.com/Redistrict/status/1760338496835801349

Old DRA map: https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::8917cd49-860d-4755-ad21-48c65f36d5b0

[Virginiá]

God bless New York Democrats. Their dedication to delivering concrete results for their Republican constituents is inspiring!