A few people return home to Paradise, California, a federal court upholds a voting rights decision in a Utah county, and a city in Florida weaponizes "Baby Shark."
A Supreme Court decision due in June will determine exactly how much autonomy states have to make the rules for voting and elections.
Michigan's voting maps will get a makeover, a judge makes a call on a domestic terrorism case, and a parrot may be party to a crime.
H.R. 1 would transfer the power to draw congressional districts from state legislatures to independent, non-partisan commissions.
The Supreme Court has never ruled that a gerrymandered map was unconstitutional, and it has so far punted on any opportunities to do so.
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Gerrymandering in the Great Lakes State has cost some communities their representation, their schools, and their access to clean drinking water.
Recent court challenges to politically motivated redistricting have yielded several decisions not to decide.
In Colorado, two ballot initiatives in the upcoming election would change the process by which the state draws up its districts. But would such reform really change anything?
Stanford political scientist Bruce Cain offers his thoughts on redistricting commissions and Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement.
Barring a stay from the Supreme Court, the new map will go into effect for the state's May primary.
The new boundaries will go into effect for the 2018 elections.
Researchers are developing algorithms to draw non-partisan district maps.
New research finds the issue of how legislative districts are drawn, currently being considered by the Supreme Court, is far from academic.
It's the first time in over a decade the Supreme Court will issue a ruling on a case of "purely partisan gerrymanders."
How gerrymandering affected Tuesday’s election — and the solutions to help us move forward.
A lawsuit in the politically riven state of Wisconsin suggests a solution for fair re-districting.
Arizona’s state legislature is unhappy about losing the ability to draw district lines, which has resulted in a major lawsuit. What will the Supreme Court say, and will its decision call into question a host of other electoral reforms?
One Loyola Law School educator's redistricting website offers a melting pot of useful information about the practice for all Americans.
New York will likely be third state to start counting prisoners as coming from their hometowns, and not where their cell is located.
A new report concludes some majority-black legislative districts are penalized because of the way the census bureau counts their imprisoned residents.
Scholars assess whether the widely accepted notion that the current political polarization in the U.S. is due in part to 'safe' political districts is accurate.