Should Non-Citizens “Count” For Redistricting?

Columbus Lawyers Chapter

Speakers: 

• Hans Von Spakovsky, Former FEC Commissioner, Fox News Contributor, Senior Legal Fellow, Heritage Foundation Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies

• Professor Mark Brown, Capital University Law School, Newton D. Baker/Baker and Hostetler Chair of Law

Speakers: 

• Hans Von Spakovsky, Former FEC Commissioner, Fox News Contributor, Senior Legal Fellow, Heritage Foundation Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies

• Professor Mark Brown, Capital University Law School, Newton D. Baker/Baker and Hostetler Chair of Law

On the heels of Ohio’s recent changes to redistricting policy through Issue 1, the U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to take up what has been called the most significant voting rights case in 60 years.  In Evenwel v. Abbott, the Court will determine what population a state should consider to determine one person/one vote, and whether it is permissible to include the non-voting population—particularly non-citizens—even if doing so would create large disparities in districts.

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