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How It Really Works: Does Your Vote Even Matter?
Imagine showing up to vote in November, proud that you are doing your civic duty, only to learn that the real contest happened six months ago without you. The winner was decided in a low-turnout primary while you were busy living your life. This is not a conspiracy. It is how the system was built.
10 Sep, 2025
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Poll: 82% of Americans Want Redistricting Done by Independent Commission, Not Politicians
There may be no greater indication that voters are not being listened to in the escalating redistricting war between the Republican and Democratic Parties than a new poll from NBC News that shows 8-in-10 Americans want the parties to stop.
10 Sep, 2025
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Missouri Is the Latest Pawn in the Partisan Redistricting Game
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri is the latest state to move a piece on the redistricting chess board, as its Republican-led House approved a mid-decade map on September 9 that could give the GOP control of seven of the state’s eight U.S. House seats.
09 Sep, 2025
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Will the Texas Republican Party be Successful Where the Hawaiian Democratic Party Failed?
The Republican Party of Texas (RPT) is suing Secretary of State Jane Nelson in an effort to close the state’s primary elections to party members only – a move that the Democratic Party of Hawaii (DPH) tried back in 2013 in its state and failed.
05 Sep, 2025
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3 min read
CA Rep: No One Wins If This Redistricting War Continues
California U.S. Rep. Kevin Kiley (R) says the current redistricting war that threatens to escalate after Texas and California approved mid-decade gerrymanders is “bad for the country, bad for representation, and bad for democracy.”
02 Sep, 2025
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Gerrymandering Wars Escalate Beyond Texas and California: A National Race to the Bottom?
Republicans currently hold a narrow 219 to 212 edge over Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives, with four vacancies: three from Democratic members who have died and one from a Republican who has resigned. This is the smallest House majority held by either party in nearly a century. The razor-thin margin means the stakes in the 2026 midterms could not be higher. With so few competitive seats left nationwide, both parties are turning to mid-decade redistricting as a way to secure advantages.
27 Aug, 2025
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10 min read
Utah Judge Slaps Down Republican Attempt to Gerrymander the State
Utah may be added to the list of states that will redraw their congressional maps in 2025. But unlike Texas and California, it is to correct a gerrymander by the Republican-controlled legislature, which has tried to sidestep the state’s independent redistricting commission.
26 Aug, 2025
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National Reform Organizations Condemn Texas and California Over Gerrymandering
The United States has passed the point of no return in the unprecedented mid-cycle redistricting fight between Texas and California, which threatens to expand to other states like Republican-controlled Florida and Democratic-controlled New York.
25 Aug, 2025
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CA Dems Remove Trigger Language from Redistricting Bill; Approve Mid-Cycle Gerrymander Before Texas
A new congressional map will most likely appear on a special election ballot in California, whether or not Texas signs into law its own gerrymandered maps, after the “trigger” language was removed from the proposed constitutional amendment Thursday.
21 Aug, 2025
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CA Initiative Filed to Punish Politicians Who Undermine Redistricting Commission
State Assemblymember Carl DeMaio (R-San Diego) has added additional stakes to the redistricting drama that is unfolding in California with an initiative designed to punish any lawmaker who votes to gerrymander the state's maps.
19 Aug, 2025
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