Court picks professor to help redraw Virginia’s congressional district lines
Court picks professor to help redraw Virginia’s congressional district lines
- September 25, 2015
- Bernie Grofman, political science professor, is featured by Foreign Affairs (NZ) Sept. 25, 2015
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From Foreign Affairs:
Dr. Bernard Grofman, an economics and political science professor at the University
of California, Irvine …. has spent decades researching and writing about redistricting,
and it could be said that he literally wrote the book on minority representation and
the complex factors that must be considered when drawing districts to ensure it complies
with the Voting Rights Act.
For the full story, please visit http://foreignaffairs.co.nz/2015/09/26/the-friday-five-september-25th-2015/.
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