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Here's a different way to fix gerrymandering


Here's a different way to fix gerrymandering - The Washington Post

Even independent redistricting commissions are limited by the fact that Democrats cluster in cities while Republicans are widely dispersed.

There's a way to fix gerrymandering (and it's not through the courts)

... way for the Republican-controlled state legislature to further gerrymander its state and congressional districts, reversing a recent ruling. New ...

How Can We Combat Gerrymandering? | Campaign Legal Center

Below we will focus on three solutions to gerrymandering: using web tools to identify gerrymandered maps, establishing independent redistricting commissions ( ...

A Simple Fix for Gerrymandering? | CHANCE

Arnold Barnett, Pengchen Han, and Gege Zhang With the 2020 census results now in hand, election districts throughout the USA will have to be redrawn.

There's only one way to fix gerrymandering - Protect Democracy

The North Carolina Supreme Court cleared the way for the Republican-controlled state legislature to further gerrymander its state and congressional districts.

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.

Here Are Three Other Ways to Redistrict - Democracy Docket

Americans have drawn congressional districts in a very similar fashion since the 18th century. But the way we currently draw maps isn't the ...

Gerrymandering Isn't New—But Now We Have a Solution - Time

19, Wisconsin governor Tony Evers signed new state legislative maps into law, ending a decade-long political and judicial dogfight that ...

Gerrymandering and how to fix it - Brookings Institution

The Supreme Court announced that it will hear a second case this term to determine whether partisan gerrymandering is unconstitutional.

Fighting Gerrymandering in the States | Indivisible

The process by which congressional district lines are drawn dramatically impacts the fairness of our political process. In 35 states, the state legislature ...

PR Library: How Proportional Representation Would Finally Solve ...

In a very real way, then, the political manipulation of district lines devalues the vote and undermines the democratic process. Describing the redistricting ...

How to Fix Gerrymandering - Center for American Progress

Implementing voter-determined districts is a sensible way to end partisan gerrymandering and ensure fair representation.

The U.S. could be free of gerrymandering. Here's how other ...

Before the Supreme Court weighs in, let's look at how other countries redistrict. How does redistricting differ in the United States from ...

How Gerrymandering Tilts the 2024 Race for the House

The Brennan Center estimates that this gerrymandering will give Republicans an advantage of around 16 House seats in the 2024 race to control Congress compared ...

To End Gerrymandering, Change How We Elect Congress | TIME

The latest gerrymandering shows how dysfunctional the U.S. political system has become. There's a better way to vote that counts every ...

Redistricting battles have mostly ended. Here's how they could ...

After months of legal and legislative skirmishes around the country, much of the redistricting drama of the 2024 election cycle is behind us.

The Best Way to Fix Gerrymandering Is to Make It Useless

Increasing the size of congressional districts and number of members elected make the electoral institution less effective.

Hating Gerrymandering Is Easy. Fixing It Is Harder. | FiveThirtyEight

As politics in the U.S. has polarized along geographic and racial lines, drawing political maps has become a partisan arms race.

Gerrymandering Tilts Political Power. Here's How Redistricting ...

Every decade, states engage in redistricting – the redrawing of congressional and state legislative boundaries – after the release of new census data. This ...

Mathematicians are deploying algorithms to stop gerrymandering

With the 2020 US Census data release, states start the process of redrawing district maps. New computational tools will help hold ...