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Brookings Redistricting Conference

I received the following from the Brookings Institution:

Dear Colleague:

Please join us for a conference on congressional redistricting, jointly hosted by the Brookings Institution and the Institute of Governmental Studies. The conference, “Competition, Partisanship, and Congressional Redistricting,” will take place Friday, April 16, 2004, in the Falk Auditorium at Brookings in Washington, DC. Leading scholars and practitioners of redistricting from across the country will come together to consider political, legal, and technological issues surrounding redistricting on the congressional level. The conference also will feature discussion on the desirability and possibility of alternatives to traditional redistricting processes.

The day will consist of five panels, the first four of which will feature the presentation of one or two original papers, followed by discussion. The first set of panelists will consider the impact of redistricting (relative to other factors) on a variety of contemporary features of the House and its elections. The second panel will describe the state of the art in the tools and techniques of redistricting, and will address the impact of new technology on the process. The next panel will consider both the role of the courts in redistricting and competing jurisprudential theories for altering that role. In the afternoon session, the discussion will shift to redistricting reform as the fourth panel considers the critical design issues for alternatives to the traditional process of redistricting. Finally, in the last panel, redistricting practitioners will share their perspectives on the politics and law of redistricting. Please see the attached agenda for further details.

There is no charge to attend this event, and morning coffee and lunch will be provided. Please RSVP no later than Monday April 5 by faxing the attached registration form to 202-797-6144 or by sending an e-mail to Rob Wooley at rwooley@brookings.edu.

We anticipate a stimulating session on a timely issue of interest to politicians, policymakers, and the press. There will be ample opportunity to involve conference attendees in each panel’s discussion, so we hope that you will join the conversation.

-- 
Rick Hasen
Professor of Law and William M. Rains Fellow
Loyola Law School
919 South Albany Street
Los Angeles, CA  90015-1211
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