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A Brief History of Modern Congressional Redistricting Control (1960-2020)

In the United States, the responsibility for redistricting (the redrawing of election districts) is given to the state legislatures under Article I, Section 4 of the Constitution. After each dece...

FLAF 2030 Census Comment

In August 2022, the U.S. Census Bureau published a notice in the Federal Register seeking input and suggestions from the public on the operational design of the 2030 Census. The 2020 Census was p...

Behind the Lines - Ohio

A constitutional amendment heralded as the gold-standard of redistricting reform leads to nothing but confusion and chaos

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Behind the Lines - North Carolina

How a redistricting showdown between North Carolina’s General Assembly and courts led to one of the US Supreme Court’s most hotly debated cases this term

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2024 Redistricting Ballot Measures

Citizen-Initiated Amendments Oregon Initiative: Initiative Petition 13 Proponents: People Not Politicians Oregon Signatures Required: Unknown Collection Deadline: Unknown S...

Behind the Lines - New York

The story of the most dramatic redistricting process of the 2021 Redistricting Cycle. How a commission under assault and a constitutional conundrum led to a fair map for New Yorkers.

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Behind The Lines - Maryland

Exploring Maryland's contentious redistricting process, the state's new precedent against partisan gerrymandering, a look into compactness measures, and if Maryland’s new map complies with that new precedent

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Cook Political Report Announces New Formula for Partisan Voter Index

The Cook Partisan Voter Index (PVI) has historically utilized the two-party presidential results of the last two previous elections, weighted equally, to calculate each cycle's PVI. Last week,...

Behind The Lines - Alabama

An in-depth look at Alabama's new congressional map, the litigation that followed, and what the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling could mean for the future of redistricting

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Behind The Lines

Examining some of the most consequential redistricting lawsuits of the cycle

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2021 Party Control Map - Expectations vs. Reality

Expectations At the beginning of the 2020 redistricting cycle, we published a blog post detailing who controlled the redistricting process in each state. But the realities of the cycle had oth...

2020 Census Count Errors & Congressional Apportionment

Census Report On May 19, 2022, the U.S. Census Bureau released the 2020 Census estimated overcount and undercount rates by State derived from the 2020 Post-Enumeration Survey (PES) . The PES ...


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