If the recall against Sawant is approved, members of the city council will appoint a replacement member who will serve until a special election can be held in 2022.Īlso Dec. Although the Seattle City Council is officially nonpartisan, Sawant is a member of the Socialist Alternative Party. Supporters of the recall said Sawant had relinquished her official authority, misused her office, disregarded COVID-related regulations, and misused city funds for electioneering. King County Elections reported that ballots had been counted from 50.6% of registered voters, with approximately 50% participation expected.Īccording to The Seattle Times, this was the first recall against a city council member to make the ballot in city history. 8, with just over 39,000 ballots counted, support for the recall led opposition 50.3% to 49.7%. Seattle City Councilwoman Kshama Sawant, first elected in 2019, faced a recall election Dec. With vote-counting still underway, recall of Seattle City Councilwoman Kshama Sawant appears too close to call Kate Brown (D) signed new congressional and legislative redistricting plans on Sept.
The Court had previously announced that it had dismissed all cases challenging the state’s legislative maps and ruled that those boundaries would stand as enacted as well. This was the third time the Oregon legislature successfully enacted a congressional redistricting map since 1910 without gubernatorial veto, court-ordered re-drawing, or authority for map drawing being passed to the secretary of state. 29 deadline, meaning that those district boundaries will stand as enacted by the legislature.
Oregon: The Oregon Supreme Court announced that no challenges were filed to the state’s congressional map by the Nov. The majority and minority leaders of both legislative chambers each appoint one registered voter to the commission, and those four commissioners appoint a fifth, non-voting member to serve as the commission’s chair. Accordingly, the Washington State Redistricting Commission shall complete any remaining tasks necessary to complete its work so that the process for finalizing the redistricting plan…may proceed.” The legislature may amend the commission’s maps by a two-thirds vote of each chamber.Ĭongressional and state legislative district boundaries in Washington are drawn by a five-member non-politician commission that was established by a 1983 constitutional amendment. In its decision, the Supreme Court wrote that “the plan adopted by the Washington State Redistricting Commission met the constitutional deadline and substantially complied with the statutory deadline to transmit the matter to the legislature. 16, and had submitted these plans to the Supreme Court for consideration. The Commission said that it had agreed on map plans on Nov. 3 that it would not exercise its authority to enact new congressional and legislative district boundaries despite the state Redistricting Commission’s announcement that it did not meet its Nov. Washington: The Washington Supreme Court ruled on Dec. Three states-Maryland, New Mexico, and South Carolina-are holding special legislative sessions this week to consider redistricting plans. No states have enacted maps since Illinois adopted its congressional map on Nov. At this point in 2011, 27 states had adopted new congressional maps and 21 had adopted new state legislative maps. 9, 17 states have adopted new congressional maps following the 2020 census and 21 states have adopted new state legislative maps. Washington Supreme Court accepts redistricting commission’s maps, Oregon’s maps finalizedĪs of Dec. SCOTUS holds second week of December argument session.With vote-counting still underway, recall of Seattle City Councilwoman Kshama Sawant appears too close to call.Washington Supreme Court accepts redistricting commission’s maps, Oregon’s maps finalized.Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Welcome to the Thursday, December 9, Brew.
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