Against Partisan Gerrymandering

Gerrymandering Explained | Brennan Center for Justice

Gerrymandering is deeply undemocratic. Every 10 years, states redraw their legislative and congressional district lines following the census.

What is partisan gerrymandering? It's allowed in some states - NPR

A North Carolina court's unusual ruling has highlighted the fact that some states allow voting districts to be drawn in ways that make ...

Gerrymandering & Fair Representation - Brennan Center for Justice

Gerrymandering, the practice of drawing districts to favor one political party or racial group, skews election results, makes races less competitive.

Amdt14.S1.8.6.3 Partisan Gerrymandering - Constitution Annotated

Partisan political gerrymandering, the drawing of legislative district lines to subordinate adherents of one political party and entrench a rival party in ...

Status of Partisan Gerrymandering Litigation in State Courts

Utah's high court sent a closely watched challenge to the state's congressional maps back to the lower court.

The Supreme Court, Gerrymandering, and the Rule of Law

Common Cause in 2019, that any federal constitutional challenge to a district map, based on the theory that it is a partisan gerrymander, ...

Basics: Partisan Gerrymandering - Redistricting Online

A partisan gerrymander seeks to arrange electoral districts in such a way to benefit the political party in control of drawing the map.

How Partisan Gerrymandering Limits Voting Rights

In an effort to hold on to power, state legislators who won their elections due to gerrymandering are making it harder for Americans to vote.

Is There Anything Left in the Fight Against Partisan Gerrymandering ...

Congressional Redistricting Commissions and the “Independent State Legislature Theory”. Derek A. Zeigler*, Jose Urteaga** December, 2023.

ACLU and LWV File Lawsuit Against Partisan Gerrymandering of ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of South Carolina, and Duffy & Young LLC filed a lawsuit today challenging ...

Partisan Gerrymandering | U.S. Constitution Annotated | US Law

Partisan political gerrymandering, “the drawing of legislative district lines to subordinate adherents of one political party and entrench a rival party in ...

What The Freedom To Vote Act Means for Partisan Gerrymandering

A partisan gerrymander occurs when a state draws its congressional districts in a way that disproportionately favors one political party. This ...

ArtIII.S2.C1.9.9 Political Process, Elections, and Gerrymandering

Partisan gerrymandering is the practice of dividing a geographic area into electoral districts, often of highly irregular shape, to give one political party an ...

Gerrymandering in the United States - Wikipedia

Gerrymandering is the practice of setting boundaries of electoral districts to favor specific political interests within legislative bodies, often resulting ...

Back to Basics: Why Partisan Gerrymandering Violates the First ...

MFIA filed an amicus brief opposing partisan gerrymandering on behalf of the Floyd Abrams Institute for Freedom of Expression at Yale Law ...

"Is There Anything Left in the Fight Against Partisan Gerrymandering ...

This Note offers an analytical framework so states may continue to constitutionally alleviate partisan gerrymandering through the congressional redistricting ...

PARTISAN GERRYMANDERING, THE FIRST AMENDMENT, AND ...

Democratic voters claimed that the legislative districting scheme infringed on their associational rights by denying their party an opportunity for fair ...

Biggest problem with gerrymandering - Harvard Gazette

Harvard researchers found tactic, widely used in 2020, made little difference in partisan numbers but yielded safe seats, less-responsive ...

Explainer: Status of Partisan Gerrymandering Claims Across the ...

Every 10 years, following the federal census, states are required to redraw their congressional and legislative district maps. In the majority of states, ...

The Impact of Partisan Gerrymandering

Last May, the Center for American Progress published a report that found that unfairly drawn congressional districts shifted, on average, a ...