North Carolina partisan gerrymandering draws fresh lawsuit from Common Cause, North Carolina Democratic Party and group of individual North Carolina voters.
Redistricting articles on Democracy Chronicles
Redistricting or Gerrymandering is partisan domination of state legislatures due to use of manipulated districts that are skewed towards one party. Also see our section on American democracy.
Major Pro-Democracy Wins Beneath Midterm Headlines
We must seize this moment and prioritize fixing our system so that our elections are secure and every eligible American knows their votes count.
Celebrating the Voter-Approved Michigan Redistricting Reform
Michigan voters overwhelmingly approve redistricting reform initiative to overcome partisan gerrymandering. The proposal won with a bi-partisan support.
Key Trial Starts Over 2020 Census Question on Citizenship
A federal trial began Monday in New York City over challenges to the federal government’s decision to put a citizenship question on the 2020 census.
SCOTUS Needs To Affirm North Carolina Redistricting Ruling
Common Cause v. Rucho case asks the U.S. Supreme Court to agree that North Carolina’s congressional map is an illegal partisan gerrymander.
NAACP Wins in North Carolina Racial Gerrymandering Case
The North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP obtained yet another ruling that the North Carolina legislative map violates legal requirements.
Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Halt Trial Over Census
President Donald Trump’s administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to postpone a trial set for Nov. 5 that will examine the 2020 U.S. census.
US Supreme Court Turns Away Pennsylvania Electoral Map Dispute
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rebuffed a bid by Republican legislators in Pennsylvania to reinstate a congressional district map.
Multiple States Holding Pro-Democracy Ballot Initiatives November 6
New report on more than two dozen ballot initiatives and state constitutional amendments to strengthen, and in some cases undercut, democracy.
Unique Insights on Gerrymandering From New Mathematical Model
A unique mathematical model has been developed by two economics professors that shines new light on representative politics in a refreshing way.