Entries by Alberto Lammers

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UCLA Voting Rights Project Files Petition with California Supreme Court to Stop Illegal Vote Count By Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Alberto Lammers; alammers@luskin.ucla.edu  UCLA Voting Rights Project Files Petition with California Supreme Court to Stop Illegal Vote Count By Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco LOS ANGELES (March 26, 2026) – The UCLA Voting Rights Project (VRP), along with VRP Senior Voting Rights Advisor and former California Attorney General, Xavier Becerra, filed a […]

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UCLA Voting Rights Project Applauds California Leaders’ Commitment to Protecting Democracy

LOS ANGELES (March 5, 2026) — Earlier today, Governor Gavin Newsom, Senate President pro Tempore Monique Limón, and Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas announced a joint commitment to protecting California’s elections from potential federal interference. The announcement comes as states across the country face increasing pressure on election administration and new efforts that could undermine voter […]

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Federal Court Rules in Favor of Latino and Black Voters in Texas Redistricting Case

El Paso, Texas (November 19, 2025) — Tuesday, a three-judge federal panel ruled in favor of Hispanic and Black voters in League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) et al. v. Abbott, finding that Texas’s 2025 congressional map racially gerrymandered Black and Hispanic voters in multiple congressional districts. Leading the legal team and political science […]

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UCLA Voting Rights Project Secures Victory in Port of Pasco Voting Rights Case

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Alberto Lammers; alammers@luskin.ucla.edu UCLA Voting Rights Project Secures Victory in Port of Pasco Voting Rights Case Pasco, Wash. (September 29, 2025) — The UCLA Voting Rights Project (VRP) announced today that a Franklin County Superior Court approved a settlement agreement between Latino voters and the Port of Pasco. This agreement will […]

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UCLA VRP Analysis of August 2025 Texas Redistricting Map

Statistical models show Hispanic and Black voters are unified in their candidates of choiceBut new maps place minority voters in districts where Whites bloc-vote against their candidates LOS ANGELES (August 19, 2025) — Today the UCLA Voting Rights Project (VRP) data science team released a new analysis of the current Texas redistricting proposal (C2333) examining […]

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UCLA Voting Rights Project Releases Legal Memo Affirming California Legislature’s Authority to Redraw Congressional Districts Mid-Decade

Memo Accompanied by Theoretical Data Map Demonstrating Potential for Implications for Democrats and Republicans LOS ANGELES (July 31, 2025) — As Texas advances a mid-decade congressional redistricting plan and California Governor Gavin Newsom signals openness to similar action, the UCLA Voting Rights Project (VRP) has released a legal and mapping analysis as leaders give thought […]

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A Textual Analysis on Redistricting Powers under the California Constitution

Current national events, including the U.S. Supreme Court and Congress’ refusal to curtail extreme partisan gerrymandering, redistricting related racial discrimination by other states, and efforts to engage in mid-decade redistricting as a way to offset voting patterns, have prompted state lawmakers elsewhere to consider redistricting measures in their own states. Some state lawmakers have argued […]

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