Weekly Brew: April 16, 2021

 

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Welcome to the Weekly Brew   April 16th, 2021   Welcome to this week's edition of the Weekly Brew! In this edition, we discuss who's eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations, state redistricting in light of delays of the 2020 Census data, and a measure in Maryland that would rename the Maryland Court of Appeals and the Maryland Court of Special Appeals.   Read On Ballotpedia   BALLOTPEDIA

 

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All U.S. adults to be eligible for coronavirus vaccine starting April 19       Beginning Monday—April 19—everyone 16 and older will be eligible to receive a coronavirus vaccine in all 50 states and Washington, D.C.  Want daily updates about changes to government policies regarding vaccine eligibility, travel restrictions, and more? Our Documenting America's Path to Recovery newsletter delivers the latest coronavirus-related updates to subscribers' inboxes each weekday. Click here to subscribe.   KEEP READING

 

 

State redistricting deadlines and (delayed) 2020 census results       As we’ve discussed in the Daily Brew, population data from the decennial census is used to determine the number of congressional seats each state will have in the coming decade (known as apportionment). States also use this data for redistricting. The coronavirus pandemic delayed the collection and distribution of the data.   The Bureau plans to deliver congressional apportionment counts to states by April 30—delayed from the original Dec. 31, 2020, due date. The Bureau then plans to deliver the detailed datasets needed for redistricting to states by Sept. 30. The original date for states to receive this data was April 1.  On March 15, the U.S. Census Bureau announced redistricting data could be made available to states in a legacy format by mid-to-late August. This legacy format would present the data in raw form, without the data tables and other access tools the Bureau will ultimately prepare for the states. Some states' redistricting deadlines come before the Census Bureau's projected data delivery date, prompting states to consider postponements or alternative data sources.   KEEP READING

 

Maryland voters will decide court name change in 2022       Maryland voters will decide in 2022 whether to rename the Maryland Court of Appeals to the Supreme Court of Maryland and the Maryland Court of Special Appeals to the Appellate Court of Maryland. The state legislature referred the measure as a  constitutional amendment on April 6.  Maryland is one of only two states whose courts of last resort do not have the word "Supreme" in the title. The measure would also change the title of judges on the Court of Appeals from judges to justices. And it would amend gendered language to be gender-neutral in the relevant articles of the Maryland Constitution.   KEEP READING