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Census Undercount Leads to Worry in D.C. Redistricting Process

Census Undercount Leads to Worry in D.C. Redistricting Process

By Kirit Minhas November 11, 2021

The 2020 census process failed to count 14,410 Washington, D.C. residents, even though the population increased by nearly 88,000 people.  Data from the 2020 census results counted 689,545 residents...

WILL CROMARY/THE HOYA Former Attorney General Eric Holder, a Democrat, described his battle against partisan gerrymandering in an event hosted by the Institute of Politics and Public Service on Monday.

Former AG Holder Lays Out Democrats’ Campaign Against Gerrymandering

By Olivia Eggers March 21, 2018

Partisan gerrymandering poses a threat to voting rights in the United States and disproportionately disenfranchises Democratic voters, former Attorney General Eric Holder said at an event hosted by the...

COURTESY GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY STUDENT ASSOCIATION
The Georgetown University Student Association senate passed a new campus redistricting proposal Sunday, adding the East and West Campus districts.

GUSA Senate Passes Campus Redistricting Proposal

By William Zhu April 19, 2016

The Georgetown University Student Association senate passed a new campus redistricting proposal, which consolidates the amount of GUSA senate districts from 11 to seven and increases the total number...

Bowser Education Plan Deemed Vague

By Natalie LaRue November 11, 2014

Recently elected mayor, D.C. Councilmember Muriel Bowser (D-Ward 4) will take office in a city with a highly stratified — along both racial and socioeconomic lines — public school system that has not...

DCPS Lines Divide Hopefuls

By Suzanne Monyak September 12, 2014

As D.C. Public Schools reopen for this school year, the issue of redistricting public school boundaries has emerged as a hot-button topic for the D.C. mayoral candidates. Last week, current mayor Vincent...

DC Public Schools Announce Redistricting Proposals

By Joy Ma April 15, 2014

Washington, D.C. officials announced a proposal to redraw elementary school boundary lines for District of Columbia Public Schools on April 5. If enacted, this marks the first DCPS redistricting since...

Citizen Concerns Delay DC Redistricting

By Johnny Verhovek February 7, 2014

The D.C. Board of Elections has cancelled proposed changes to realign voting precincts amid worries among local residents that the changes could cause confusion about where to vote in the upcoming April...

GUSA Passes Senate Redistricting Bill

By Annie Chen November 21, 2011

The Georgetown University Student Association senate voted unanimously to approve a bill that will redefine several senate districts Sunday. The bill, proposed by the Senate District Reconciliation...

Redistricting Debate Continues

By Braden McDonald October 7, 2011

Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Tom Birch's proposal of a second alternative to the redistricting of ANC 2E last Thursday has failed to assuage some Georgetown students' representation concerns. ANC...

Students Challenge Redistricting Plan

By Sarah Kaplan August 30, 2011

A group of students and Georgetown neighbors are working to redraw district lines that will determine Georgetown's representation on Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E for the next 10 years. The proposal...

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