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As a legal battle over Utah’s political maps continues in court, representatives from the Better Boundaries organization ...
The Public Interest Legal Foundation is the same law firm hired to lead Tarrant County's controversial redistricting process.
The case tests the balancing act states must strike, protecting the voting power of a racial minority while not ...
Two years ago the U.S. Supreme Court upheld South Carolina’s new congressional maps, rejecting claims that they were racially biased. Now, the state Supreme Court will weigh ...
South Carolina’s highest court heard arguments about possibly changing the state’s political maps Tuesday. The debate stemmed from the congressional map that was redrawn in 2020. The League of Women ...
What the Republicans did is called gerrymandering, a centuries-old practice of creating legislative districts that favor one party over another. Both political parties do it when they can.
Another option is to jam voting blocs into only a few districts, cutting their influence in the rest of the state, i.e. packing. Either can account for gerrymandering’s hallmark: districts in weird ...
House Speaker Mike Johnson was spinning the facts when he claimed Republicans would have won a larger majority in the House in the 2024 election if not for Democrats' gerrymandering of districts ...
Some gerrymandering limits exist: The federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 prevents disenfranchising voters based on race, color or membership in a language minority group. If passed, Issue 1 would ...
Because of Gerrymandering, that’s a reality for millions. In this episode, Cory explores the practices, known as 'cracking' and 'packing,' and how it dilutes or concentrates voting power to ...
A map of U.S. Congressional districts in South Florida. A new lawsuit challenges districts 19, 26, 27 and 28 for alleged racial gerrymandering. South Florida has another racial gerrymandering ...