Ohio set to decide constitutional amendment establishing a citizen-led redistricting commission
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Ohio’s fall redistricting issue sparked a fight over one word. So what is ‘gerrymandering,’ anyway?
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — All the political wrangling over Ohio’s Issue 1, a statewide ballot issue aime...
Plaintiffs won’t revive federal lawsuit over Tennessee’s redistricting maps
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A group of Tennessee voting and civil rights advocates says it won’t refile ...
Ohio officials approve language saying anti-gerrymandering measure calls for the opposite
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio election officials have approved ballot language that will describe this ...
Judges dismiss suit alleging Tennessee’s political maps discriminate against communities of color
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judicial panel has dismissed a lawsuit alleging that Tennessee’s U...
Ohio lawsuit seeks rewrite of redistricting ballot language dubbed ‘biased, inaccurate, deceptive’
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court should step in on behalf of voters and order a rewrite ...
Groups opposed to gerrymandering criticize proposed language on Ohio redistricting measure
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Civil rights groups across Ohio are decrying the state elections chief’s propo...
GOP Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine opposes fall ballot effort to replace troubled political mapmaking system
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said Wednesday that he will work to defeat a ...
Proposal to create a new political mapmaking system in Ohio qualifies for November ballot
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A proposal to change Ohio’s troubled political mapmaking system has qualified ...
Mississippi can wait to reset legislative districts that dilute Black voting strength, judges say
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi can wait until next year to redraw some of its legislative distric...
Mississippi must move quickly on a court-ordered redistricting, say voting rights attorneys
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi should work quickly to fulfill the court-ordered redrawing of some...
Utah Supreme Court sides with opponents of redistricting that carved up Democratic-leaning area
Utah’s Supreme Court handed a victory Thursday to opponents of redistricting that carved up Democrat...
Campaign to get new political mapmaking system on Ohio’s ballot submits more than 700,000 signatures
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Backers of a proposal to change Ohio’s troubled political mapmaking system del...
Trial judges dismiss North Carolina redistricting lawsuit over right to ‘fair elections’
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina trial judges have dismissed a lawsuit challenging redrawn legisl...
Wisconsin taxpayers to pay half the cost of redistricting consultants hired by Supreme Court
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin taxpayers will pay half of the $128,000 bill submitted by redistricti...
North Carolina judges consider if lawsuit claiming right to ‘fair’ elections can continue
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina judges deciding whether a redistricting lawsuit claiming a state...
Minnesota joins growing list of states counting inmates at home instead of prisons for redistricting
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota has joined a growing list of states that plan to count prisoners at...
North Carolina redistricting attorney who fell short in federal confirmation fight dies at 69
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Thomas Farr, a longtime North Carolina redistricting and election law attorney ...
Appeals panel won’t order North Carolina Senate redistricting lines to be redrawn
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal appeals court declined Thursday to order North Carolina legislators t...
New York lawmakers approve new congressional map that gives Democrats a slight edge
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The New York state Legislature on Wednesday approved a Democrat-drawn congressio...