Gerrymandering

The New York Court of Appeals ruled that the proposed congressional map was "drawn with impermissible partisan purpose" and was "procedurally unconstitutional."

Florida's new congressional map, which the governor signed into law, will likely boost the number of GOP-held seats in the House.

Poll tracker FiveThirtyEight has described the new map as "egregiously partisan" in favoring Republicans.

The Supreme Court threw out state legislative district maps proposed by Governor Tony Evers but left in place the state's new congressional district maps.

Under the governor's proposed map, 18 districts would be in favor of the Republican party. The House votes on Friday.

The GOP-dominated Ohio Redistricting Commission was ordered to draw additional maps that do not violate a state constitutional provision against partisan gerrymandering.

The maps drawn by North Carolina's GOP could have given Republicans control of 11 of the state's 14 districts.

Alexander, a far-right activist, is known for promoting a number of disproven conspiracy theories.

The GOP-backed map includes controversial district changes for parts of Kansas City and the liberal college town of Lawrence.

Redistricting has led to announcements that representatives will not seek reelection, along with the revelation the incumbents will run against each other.

After the state Legislature rejected two sets of plans, the 10-member bipartisan redistricting commission fails to redraw congressional lines.

"When the dealer stacks the deck in advance, the house usually wins," Justice Michael Dolley wrote for the majority in the court's decision on the new map.

The Ohio state constitution contains a provision aimed at combating gerrymandering of electoral districts.

It's back to the drawing board for Ohio's redistricting commission after the state Supreme Court said its proposed legislative map was too partisan.

A panel of state trial judges heard the first of three days of evidence presentation in the trial fast-tracked by the state Supreme Court over legislative maps.

The lawmakers say the maps approved by a state commission last week dilute the voting power of Black voters, especially in the districts that divide Detroit.

Democratic groups and lawyers for voting rights said that the map "'unduly' favors the Republican Party" is irrefutable, making it unconstitutional.

The Connecticut Supreme court denied four Republican lawmakers' motion to remove a Stanford law professor appointed to help draw redistricting lines.

If we really want to save our system of representative self-government, an attack on democracy from one party can't just be dismissed as politics-as-usual by the other party.

"The folks in Washington, D.C., drawing these maps don't like competition," Joe Cunningham said. "They don't want close elections. They want safe elections."

The plan is "even more rigged than its predecessor and an outlier among partisan gerrymanders nationwide," the lawsuit alleges.

"The map that was recently enacted by the legislature is a partisan map. It is racially gerrymandered," Butterfield said in the video announcing his retirement.

The lawsuit alleges that Texas Republicans "racially gerrymandered electoral districts" to maintain political advantages for the GOP.

The new North Carolina congressional map has been accused of gerrymandering and is currently facing lawsuits.

Democrats and Republicans are pushing the bounds of the tactic of gerrymandering, long used to draw districts for maximum partisan advantage.

"This is a desperate map from a desperate party," said Adam Kincaid, executive director of the National Republican Redistricting Trust.

Gerrymandering is not new. State legislatures have been drawing district boundaries that unfairly advantage one side or the other since our country's founding.

A $300,000 donation from PAC to the Future, a political action committee, to the National Democratic Redistricting Committee is drawing the attention of critics and supporters.

"You've got one major party in this country that has made no bones about the fact that they want to make it harder for some people to vote," Obama said.

"I think people don't completely appreciate how much gerrymandering affects the outcome [of elections]," former President Barack Obama said.