Redistricting is the process of drawing United States electoral district boundaries.
In 33 states, the state legislature has primary responsibility for creating a redistricting plan, in many cases subject to approval by the state governor. To reduce the role that legislative politics might play, seven states (Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, New Jersey and Washington) determine congressional redistricting by an independent or bipartisan redistricting commission. Four states, Florida, Iowa, Maine, and New York give independent bodies authority to propose redistricting plans, but preserve the role of legislatures to approve them. Seven states have only a single representative for the entire state because of their low populations; these are Alaska, Delaware, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming.
State constitutions and laws also mandate which body has responsibility over drawing the state legislature boundaries. In addition, those municipal governments that are elected on a district basis (as opposed to at-large) also redistrict.
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Alabama passes redistricting map that defies Supreme Court ruling
Alabama's Republican controlled legislature has approved a new congressional map that ignores a ruling by the Supreme Court. The map was approved with one majority Black seat, defying a ruling that requires two congressional districts where Black voters make up the majority.
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In 2013, a divided Supreme Court gutted one of the major pillars of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. In the 10 years since then, the court has moved even farther to the right. So when the Voting Rights Act came before the Supreme Court again in 2022, it didn’t look good for the law. But then something completely unexpected happened: in a 5-4 decision, two of the conservative justices voted with the 3 liberal justices to preserve the Voting Rights Act. And the effects could be huge.
At stake in the case was the way that Alabama divides up its Congressional districts. Alabama has seven districts, one of which is what’s called a “majority-minority district” in which Bl...
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Congressional redistricting explained
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NBC political analyst weighs in on Georgia redistricting ruling
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Sen. Royce Duplessis weighs in on Louisiana redistricting maps
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Court orders New York to redraw congressional map
A New York state court has ordered the congressional map be redrawn in a redistricting case. NBC News' Garrett Haake and MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin discuss the impact the decision could have on Congress after Republicans flipped several seats in the state last election cycle.
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Utah Supreme Court scrutinizes legislature's redistricting process
The Utah Supreme Court grilled lawyers for the legislature and a pair of citizen advocacy groups over the powers of citizen ballot initiatives and whether Utah's legislature trampled over them in approving new congressional boundaries.
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Legally Rigging Elections: Redistricting, a Brief History
On April 26, 2021, the U.S. Census Bureau announced which states will gain and lose congressional seats in the next decennial redistricting process. In the coming months, with the new census data, states across the country will work to refresh the maps they use to determine the boundaries of each district for electoral purposes. It's not hyperbole to say, the fate of who controls Congress is at stake.
A lot has been written about gerrymandering — the process of manipulating maps for political gain — but what's rarely discussed is why it's even legal. Did the Framers really intend to design a system where politicians choose their voters, rather than the other way around?
In this video, we talk to former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, Loyola Law School Professor Justin Levitt, and Gr...
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Alabama's Republican controlled legislature has approved a new congressional map that ignores a ruling by the Supreme Court. The map was approved with one major...
Alabama's Republican controlled legislature has approved a new congressional map that ignores a ruling by the Supreme Court. The map was approved with one majority Black seat, defying a ruling that requires two congressional districts where Black voters make up the majority.
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In 2013, a divided Supreme Court gutted one of the major pillars of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. In the 10 years since then, the court has moved even farther to the right. So when the Voting Rights Act came before the Supreme Court again in 2022, it didn’t look good for the law. But then something completely unexpected happened: in a 5-4 decision, two of the conservative justices voted with the 3 liberal justices to preserve the Voting Rights Act. And the effects could be huge.
At stake in the case was the way that Alabama divides up its Congressional districts. Alabama has seven districts, one of which is what’s called a “majority-minority district” in which Black Americans are the majority of the population. In 2022, a group of Black voters sued the state, saying that under the law, Alabama should actually have two majority-minority districts. And the Supreme Court agreed.
The reason this matters to the rest of the country is that Alabama’s not alone — several other states in the south are now vulnerable to similar challenges that would increase the number of majority-minority districts. And especially in a region of the country where voting is racially polarized — where white people overwhelmingly vote Republican and Black people vote Democrat — this decision has the potential to flip multiple Congressional seats in the next election. And in a US House of Representatives where Republicans only hold control by a margin of 10 votes or so, that’s a big deal.
Sources and further reading:
In 2021 every state in the US with more than one Congressional district redrew them. CNN has a great tool that looks at each state’s Congressional district map before and after that redistricting, and tracks how many majority-minority districts each state has: https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2022/politics/us-redistricting/georgia-redistricting-map/
FiveThirtyEight has a similar tool: https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/redistricting-2022-maps
Many of those new district maps are under legal challenge. The Brennan Center for Justice has a really thorough roundup of every legal case underway against those maps: https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/redistricting-litigation-roundup-0
The Brennan Center also has a great summary of the Alabama case: https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/merrill-v-milligan-gerrymandering-supreme-court
A big part of the Alabama case was determining whether drawing a second majority-black district would be easy. The mathematician Moon Duchin wrote a brief report for the court that demonstrates that really succinctly: https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/2022-02/Duchin_Report.pdf
The Guardian built a cool interactive that shows the gerrymandering in Alabama really well: https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/jun/08/alabama-discrimination-black-voters-map-supreme-court
Naturally I recommend reading Vox.com’s Ian Millhiser breaking down the Alabama decision: https://www.vox.com/scotus/2023/6/8/23753932/supreme-court-john-roberts-milligan-allen-voting-rights-act-alabama-racial-gerrymandering
And Vox’s Christian Paz on the political implications of the case: https://www.vox.com/voting-rights/23754443/supreme-court-alabama-voting-rights-act-congress-democrats-house-louisiana-south-carolina
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In 2013, a divided Supreme Court gutted one of the major pillars of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. In the 10 years since then, the court has moved even farther to the right. So when the Voting Rights Act came before the Supreme Court again in 2022, it didn’t look good for the law. But then something completely unexpected happened: in a 5-4 decision, two of the conservative justices voted with the 3 liberal justices to preserve the Voting Rights Act. And the effects could be huge.
At stake in the case was the way that Alabama divides up its Congressional districts. Alabama has seven districts, one of which is what’s called a “majority-minority district” in which Black Americans are the majority of the population. In 2022, a group of Black voters sued the state, saying that under the law, Alabama should actually have two majority-minority districts. And the Supreme Court agreed.
The reason this matters to the rest of the country is that Alabama’s not alone — several other states in the south are now vulnerable to similar challenges that would increase the number of majority-minority districts. And especially in a region of the country where voting is racially polarized — where white people overwhelmingly vote Republican and Black people vote Democrat — this decision has the potential to flip multiple Congressional seats in the next election. And in a US House of Representatives where Republicans only hold control by a margin of 10 votes or so, that’s a big deal.
Sources and further reading:
In 2021 every state in the US with more than one Congressional district redrew them. CNN has a great tool that looks at each state’s Congressional district map before and after that redistricting, and tracks how many majority-minority districts each state has: https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2022/politics/us-redistricting/georgia-redistricting-map/
FiveThirtyEight has a similar tool: https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/redistricting-2022-maps
Many of those new district maps are under legal challenge. The Brennan Center for Justice has a really thorough roundup of every legal case underway against those maps: https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/redistricting-litigation-roundup-0
The Brennan Center also has a great summary of the Alabama case: https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/merrill-v-milligan-gerrymandering-supreme-court
A big part of the Alabama case was determining whether drawing a second majority-black district would be easy. The mathematician Moon Duchin wrote a brief report for the court that demonstrates that really succinctly: https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/2022-02/Duchin_Report.pdf
The Guardian built a cool interactive that shows the gerrymandering in Alabama really well: https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/jun/08/alabama-discrimination-black-voters-map-supreme-court
Naturally I recommend reading Vox.com’s Ian Millhiser breaking down the Alabama decision: https://www.vox.com/scotus/2023/6/8/23753932/supreme-court-john-roberts-milligan-allen-voting-rights-act-alabama-racial-gerrymandering
And Vox’s Christian Paz on the political implications of the case: https://www.vox.com/voting-rights/23754443/supreme-court-alabama-voting-rights-act-congress-democrats-house-louisiana-south-carolina
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A New York state court has ordered the congressional map be redrawn in a redistricting case. NBC News' Garrett Haake and MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin discuss ...
A New York state court has ordered the congressional map be redrawn in a redistricting case. NBC News' Garrett Haake and MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin discuss the impact the decision could have on Congress after Republicans flipped several seats in the state last election cycle.
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The Utah Supreme Court grilled lawyers for the legislature and a pair of citizen advocacy groups over the powers of citizen ballot initiatives and whether Utah'...
The Utah Supreme Court grilled lawyers for the legislature and a pair of citizen advocacy groups over the powers of citizen ballot initiatives and whether Utah's legislature trampled over them in approving new congressional boundaries.
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On April 26, 2021, the U.S. Census Bureau announced which states will gain and lose congressional seats in the next decennial redistricting process. In the comi...
On April 26, 2021, the U.S. Census Bureau announced which states will gain and lose congressional seats in the next decennial redistricting process. In the coming months, with the new census data, states across the country will work to refresh the maps they use to determine the boundaries of each district for electoral purposes. It's not hyperbole to say, the fate of who controls Congress is at stake.
A lot has been written about gerrymandering — the process of manipulating maps for political gain — but what's rarely discussed is why it's even legal. Did the Framers really intend to design a system where politicians choose their voters, rather than the other way around?
In this video, we talk to former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, Loyola Law School Professor Justin Levitt, and Greg Giroux, senior elections reporter for Bloomberg Government, about the long history of the fight over who draws the maps. (Produced by Andrew Satter; Executive Producer: Josh Block)
EDITOR'S NOTE: In the weeks between our interview and publication of this video, Justin Levitt took leave at Loyola Law School to join the White House as a democracy policy and voting rights adviser.
On April 26, 2021, the U.S. Census Bureau announced which states will gain and lose congressional seats in the next decennial redistricting process. In the coming months, with the new census data, states across the country will work to refresh the maps they use to determine the boundaries of each district for electoral purposes. It's not hyperbole to say, the fate of who controls Congress is at stake.
A lot has been written about gerrymandering — the process of manipulating maps for political gain — but what's rarely discussed is why it's even legal. Did the Framers really intend to design a system where politicians choose their voters, rather than the other way around?
In this video, we talk to former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, Loyola Law School Professor Justin Levitt, and Greg Giroux, senior elections reporter for Bloomberg Government, about the long history of the fight over who draws the maps. (Produced by Andrew Satter; Executive Producer: Josh Block)
EDITOR'S NOTE: In the weeks between our interview and publication of this video, Justin Levitt took leave at Loyola Law School to join the White House as a democracy policy and voting rights adviser.
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Alabama's Republican controlled legislature has approved a new congressional map that ignores a ruling by the Supreme Court. The map was approved with one majority Black seat, defying a ruling that requires two congressional districts where Black voters make up the majority.
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In 2013, a divided Supreme Court gutted one of the major pillars of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. In the 10 years since then, the court has moved even farther to the right. So when the Voting Rights Act came before the Supreme Court again in 2022, it didn’t look good for the law. But then something completely unexpected happened: in a 5-4 decision, two of the conservative justices voted with the 3 liberal justices to preserve the Voting Rights Act. And the effects could be huge.
At stake in the case was the way that Alabama divides up its Congressional districts. Alabama has seven districts, one of which is what’s called a “majority-minority district” in which Black Americans are the majority of the population. In 2022, a group of Black voters sued the state, saying that under the law, Alabama should actually have two majority-minority districts. And the Supreme Court agreed.
The reason this matters to the rest of the country is that Alabama’s not alone — several other states in the south are now vulnerable to similar challenges that would increase the number of majority-minority districts. And especially in a region of the country where voting is racially polarized — where white people overwhelmingly vote Republican and Black people vote Democrat — this decision has the potential to flip multiple Congressional seats in the next election. And in a US House of Representatives where Republicans only hold control by a margin of 10 votes or so, that’s a big deal.
Sources and further reading:
In 2021 every state in the US with more than one Congressional district redrew them. CNN has a great tool that looks at each state’s Congressional district map before and after that redistricting, and tracks how many majority-minority districts each state has: https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2022/politics/us-redistricting/georgia-redistricting-map/
FiveThirtyEight has a similar tool: https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/redistricting-2022-maps
Many of those new district maps are under legal challenge. The Brennan Center for Justice has a really thorough roundup of every legal case underway against those maps: https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/redistricting-litigation-roundup-0
The Brennan Center also has a great summary of the Alabama case: https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/merrill-v-milligan-gerrymandering-supreme-court
A big part of the Alabama case was determining whether drawing a second majority-black district would be easy. The mathematician Moon Duchin wrote a brief report for the court that demonstrates that really succinctly: https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/2022-02/Duchin_Report.pdf
The Guardian built a cool interactive that shows the gerrymandering in Alabama really well: https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/jun/08/alabama-discrimination-black-voters-map-supreme-court
Naturally I recommend reading Vox.com’s Ian Millhiser breaking down the Alabama decision: https://www.vox.com/scotus/2023/6/8/23753932/supreme-court-john-roberts-milligan-allen-voting-rights-act-alabama-racial-gerrymandering
And Vox’s Christian Paz on the political implications of the case: https://www.vox.com/voting-rights/23754443/supreme-court-alabama-voting-rights-act-congress-democrats-house-louisiana-south-carolina
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Sen. Royce Duplessis weighs in on Louisiana redistricting maps
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A New York state court has ordered the congressional map be redrawn in a redistricting case. NBC News' Garrett Haake and MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin discuss the impact the decision could have on Congress after Republicans flipped several seats in the state last election cycle.
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The Utah Supreme Court grilled lawyers for the legislature and a pair of citizen advocacy groups over the powers of citizen ballot initiatives and whether Utah's legislature trampled over them in approving new congressional boundaries.
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On April 26, 2021, the U.S. Census Bureau announced which states will gain and lose congressional seats in the next decennial redistricting process. In the coming months, with the new census data, states across the country will work to refresh the maps they use to determine the boundaries of each district for electoral purposes. It's not hyperbole to say, the fate of who controls Congress is at stake.
A lot has been written about gerrymandering — the process of manipulating maps for political gain — but what's rarely discussed is why it's even legal. Did the Framers really intend to design a system where politicians choose their voters, rather than the other way around?
In this video, we talk to former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, Loyola Law School Professor Justin Levitt, and Greg Giroux, senior elections reporter for Bloomberg Government, about the long history of the fight over who draws the maps. (Produced by Andrew Satter; Executive Producer: Josh Block)
EDITOR'S NOTE: In the weeks between our interview and publication of this video, Justin Levitt took leave at Loyola Law School to join the White House as a democracy policy and voting rights adviser.
Redistricting is the process of drawing United States electoral district boundaries.
In 33 states, the state legislature has primary responsibility for creating a redistricting plan, in many cases subject to approval by the state governor. To reduce the role that legislative politics might play, seven states (Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, New Jersey and Washington) determine congressional redistricting by an independent or bipartisan redistricting commission. Four states, Florida, Iowa, Maine, and New York give independent bodies authority to propose redistricting plans, but preserve the role of legislatures to approve them. Seven states have only a single representative for the entire state because of their low populations; these are Alaska, Delaware, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming.
State constitutions and laws also mandate which body has responsibility over drawing the state legislature boundaries. In addition, those municipal governments that are elected on a district basis (as opposed to at-large) also redistrict.
That two-phase process, known as redistricting, affects more than 85,000 students and 126 schools ...Without the redistricting plan, the northern part of the county would have had 27 schools reaching state-rated capacity within the next 10 years.
The U.S.Supreme Court said it will decide on Jan. 10, 2025, whether to hear an unusual racial gerrymandering appeal from North Dakota... 24 ... 15 ... ....
ROCHESTER — With a new elementary school planned to open in 2025 on Salmon FallsRoad, the city School Board and the public got a first look at three options for redistricting students in the fall.
The lawsuits, filed by county Democrats, community groups and registered voters, seek to overturn the redistricting map in place since February 2023 ... According to redistricting rules, so-called ...
(OhioCapital Journal) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine still thinks the state’s redistricting process would benefit from changes, and he plans to push the legislature to move forward with a plan similar to the one used by Iowa, where nonpartisan ... .
The Williamsburg-James CityCounty school division might consider a major redistricting at elementary, middle and high school levels to prepare for the arrival of two new pre-kindergarten centers.
... the commissioners violated state HouseBill 21-1047 by not providing proper notice of public hearings on the redistricting process and by improperly drawing a map that divided a community of interest.