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Election 2020

Virginia Voters Approve Redistricting Reforms

Virginia's upcoming redistricting will be handled by a bipartisan commission.

Sam Rutzick | 11.5.2020 4:30 PM

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Election 2020

Today's Gubernatorial, Statehouse Races Will Set the Table for Redistricting Fights

Republicans rode an electoral wave in 2010 and used that perch to draw favorable congressional districts in many states. Will Democrats have the same opportunity after this year?

Eric Boehm | 11.3.2020 2:15 PM

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Why Redistricting Reform Goes Off the Rails

"Buddymandering" is the widespread map-related misconduct that's wrecking our elections.

Walter Olson | 6.28.2020 6:00 AM

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Mapmaker: The Gerrymandering Game

What if politics were a strategic, underhanded, zero-sum game that was actually kind of fun?

Eric Boehm | 9.6.2019 6:00 AM

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Trump's Census Surrender Hints at the Real Reason He Tried to Add a Citizenship Question

Even if the president's motives were partisan, a more plausible cover story would have been enough to pass judicial muster.

Jacob Sullum | 7.12.2019 12:00 PM

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Questioning the Political Question Doctrine

The Supreme Court has used this doctrine for many years, including in the recent gerrymandering decision. But it still doesn't actually make any sense.

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 6.30.2019 5:43 PM

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Can Federal Partisan Gerrymandering Claims be Brought in State Court?

A strange ambiguity about yesterday's decision in Rucho v. Common Cause

Will Baude |The Volokh Conspiracy | 6.28.2019 3:26 PM

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Supreme Court Gerrymandering Ruling Isn't the End of Democracy

State legislatures and Congress can (and probably should) take steps to limit partisan gerrymandering. This was never an issue for the courts to settle.

Eric Boehm | 6.27.2019 4:40 PM

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Census Citizenship Question Pushed for by GOP Gerrymanderer

And that whole Voting Rights Act justification? Kinda the opposite, actually.

Matt Welch | 5.30.2019 7:54 PM

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Policy

Is Redistricting Depriving Women of Their Voting Rights?

The Supreme Court weighs in.

Eric Boehm | 3.14.2019 6:00 AM

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Supreme Court

Supreme Court Will Hear Two New Gerrymandering Challenges

A Republican gerrymander in North Carolina and a Democratic gerrymander in Maryland give the court another chance to set some rules for redistricting.

Eric Boehm | 1.4.2019 5:30 PM

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North Carolina's Redistricting Mess Shows Why State Legislatures Must Limit Partisan Mapmaking

The status quo is bad for voters, candidates, and democracy. State legislatures should try to fix it.

Eric Boehm | 8.29.2018 12:50 PM

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NAACP Sues Connecticut to Stop 'Prison Gerrymandering'

Incarcerated prisoners are counted where they're jailed for representation purposes, even though they usually cannot vote.

Scott Shackford | 7.17.2018 12:35 PM

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In Gerrymandering Ruling, Supreme Court Refuses to Settle Partisan Squabbling Over Fairness

Chief Justice John Roberts makes clear he cares about individual rights, not collective grievances.

Eric Boehm | 6.20.2018 10:35 AM

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Census

Supporters of the Census Citizenship Question Expose the Administration's Dishonest Justifications

A higher non-response rate among illegal immigrants is a goal to be celebrated, not some minor potential side effect to be lamented, Kris Kobach, David Vitter, and other would-be gerrymanderers stress.

Matt Welch | 3.30.2018 2:31 PM

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If Republicans Are Doomed in 2018, It's Not Because Some Gerrymandered Districts Got Redrawn

If Republicans get crushed in November, it will be because they tied themselves to an unpopular president and abandoned promises to cut spending.

Eric Boehm | 3.27.2018 4:20 PM

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Gerrymandering Is Out of Control

Computers could be the key to resolving partisan fights over congressional boundaries.

Eric Boehm | 3.27.2018 6:00 AM

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Pennsylvania's Redistricting Crisis Deepens as SCOTUS Takes Hard Pass on Getting Involved

The SCOTUS won't get involved in a dispute over Pennsylvania's congressional district lines. Could an algorithm succeed where lawmakers and judges have failed?

Eric Boehm | 2.5.2018 5:30 PM

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Pennsylvania's Gerrymandered Districts Were Bad. Will Tossing Them Be Even Worse?

The GOP-drawn districts are some of the worst gerrymandering in the country. But the state Supreme Court waded into ugly partisan politics by killing them.

Eric Boehm | 1.23.2018 9:45 AM

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Voting

Does Every Vote Count?

It depends!

A. Barton Hinkle | 1.3.2018 12:00 PM

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Will the Supreme Court Stop Politicians from Choosing Their Voters?

Social science could help identify objective principles for creating competitive voting districts.

Ronald Bailey | 9.18.2017 3:55 PM

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Independent Commissions Gerrymander Just as Much as State Legislators

Independent redistricting commissions may not be as politically-neutral as theorized, says new study

Ronald Bailey | 7.14.2017 2:30 PM

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