AXIOS (Kate Santaliz) - Independent Rep. Kiley moves to force vote to ban midcycle redistricting
Rep. Kevin Kiley (I-Calif.) introduced a discharge petition Tuesday to force a House vote on his bill banning midcycle redistricting , Axios has learned. Why it matters: Discharge petitions are one of the few tools rank-and-file lawmakers can use to bypass House leadership and force legislation onto the floor. Six petitions have reached the required threshold in this Congress. - Kiley has spent months warning that midcycle redistricting could become a recurring partisan weapon if left unchecked. - California's new map reshaped his once Republican-leaning district, pushing him into more Democratic territory — and prompting him to leave the GOP and become an independent. - Kiley's bill would prohibit states from redrawing…
JUSTTHENEWS (Just the News staff) - California Rep. Kevin Kiley announces he will leave the GOP this week to become an independent
His decision, he said, was based on his disgust with all of the gerrymandering going on across the country. Governors and legislators in a number of states are working to redraw their maps to give their party an advantage in the midterm and future elections.
WASHINGTONPOST (Julian Mark, Justin Jouvenal) - Supreme Court blocks redrawing of Republican’s district in New York
A state trial court ordered the state to redraw the district to include a greater number of Black and Latino voters.
NYTIMES (Abbie VanSickle) - In Republican Win, Supreme Court Retains G.O.P. District in New York
A Republican congresswoman had asked the justices to preserve her New York City district, despite a lower-court ruling that it illegally diluted the power of minority voters.