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Independent news and information on electoral redistricting across the country, including grassroots campaigns, legislation, and litigation to combat partisan gerrymandering.

Court Tosses Maryland General Assembly's Extremely Gerrymandered Maps

An Anne Arundel County judge in Maryland tossed new congressional maps passed by the state’s General Assembly Friday, ruling that they violate the state’s constitution. The judge further ordered that ...

Gerrymandering Update: Blue and Red States Get Fs in Princeton Report Card

Legislatures and redistricting commissions across the United States are in the process of drawing new maps for their legislative and congressional districts, and some states have already drawn new lin...

Illinois Lawmakers Ignore Constituent Pleas with Revised Legislative Maps

The Illinois Legislature didn’t waste any time ramming new state House and Senate maps through the legislative process Tuesday, despite criticism and pleas from community organizations for a more thor...

The Census, Power Politics, and Slavery

Thanks to the Constitutionally-mandated periodic census, the House of Representatives will look a lot different for the 2022 midterm elections, with some states gaining seats, some losing them, and pa...

Top Virginia Newspapers Endorse Amendment to End Party Control over Political Redistricting

The Richmond Times-Dispatch is the latest newspaper to publish an endorsement of a constitutional amendment that would end single-party control over redistricting in Virginia and bring transparency to...

Supreme Court: Federal Court Will NOT Stop Partisan Gerrymandering

The Supreme Court on Monday once again reaffirmed its stance on partisan gerrymandering: federal courts will not stop it. This time the case is out of Michigan, where a lower court ordered 34 legislat...

Supreme Court: Federal Court Will NOT Stop Partisan Gerrymandering

This time the case is out of Michigan, where a lower court ordered 34 legislative and congressional districts to be redrawn because the court found that the districts were drawn explicitly for the purpose of giving Republicans an advantage....

Supreme Court Reaffirms It Will Not Protect Voters from Partisan Gerrymandering

With all the news on impeachment updates, a news story that flew under the radar this week was the latest decision by the Supreme Court to punt on a gerrymandering case out of Ohio. Reuters reports: "...

Supreme Court Reaffirms It Will Not Protect Voters from Partisan Gerrymandering

With all the news on impeachment updates, a news story that flew under the radar this week was the latest decision by the Supreme Court to punt on a gerrymandering case out of Ohio....

UPDATE: Republican Insiders Sue to Take Redistricting Back from Michigan Voters

Update 8/20/19: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nesse filed a brief in federal court on Monday, August 19, asking the judge to drop a lawsuit filed by 15 Republican politicians, lobbyists, and resident...

UPDATE: Republican Insiders Sue to Take Redistricting Back from Michigan Voters

Michigan Republicans are at it again, trying to use the courts to block a citizens redistricting commission approved by an overwhelming majority of voters....

Disappointing, But Not Unexpected: Court Leaves Gerrymandering Reform to States; So Let’s Get to Work

The Supreme Court’s decision to punt on partisan gerrymandering ( RUCHO ET AL. v. COMMON CAUSE ET AL. ) was discouraging for many in the electoral reform movement, but really should not have come as a...
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