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A special judicial panel tasked with hearing challenges to Oregon’s congressional redistricting plan has dismissed a petition by Republicans to overturn the new six-district map drawn by Democrats.
A judicial panel has ... The panel was composed of Oregon judges, each from one of the state’s current five congressional districts. They were asked to rule on maps that redraw district lines ...
New congressional districts passed ... elected officials called the map “a clear, egregious partisan gerrymander, as has been widely acknowledged both in Oregon and across the country.” ...
A panel of five senior state court judges today rejected a legal argument that lawmakers improperly drew new boundaries for Oregon’s congressional districts ... to the courts. This map went ...
Industry also played a role in trying to shape Oregon’s legislative and congressional maps ... districts in a way that could have increased the likelihood that a person of color or tribal ...
A leading proposal to redraw Oregon’s congressional district lines boiled over into partisan acrimony as Democrats aim to force through a new map that would virtually lock in control of five of ...
SALEM – A group of former Republican elected officials has dropped its challenge to new Oregon congressional districts ... judicial panel last week unanimously dismissed a challenge to the new ...
Oregon Public Broadcasting reports the move comes after a judicial panel last week unanimously dismissed a challenge to the new maps pushed through by state Democrats. That means that a new plan ...
Oregon is not said to be one of the most gerrymandered states in the United States. But according to an interactive map produced ... and federal courts help decide Congressional districts.
The Oregon Legislature recently approved new congressional and legislative districts in ... an opportunity for the courts to fix the political gerrymandering and create maps that truly represent ...
PORTLAND — Following September’s contentious redistricting special session in the Oregon Legislature, a judicial ... the maps — the illegal manipulation of electoral district boundaries ...
(AP) — Following September’s contentious redistricting special session in the Oregon Legislature, a judicial ... creating the maps --the illegal manipulation of electoral district boundaries ...