Los Angeles voters passed Measure DD, approving the creation of an independent redistricting commission and removing the power to redraw council districts from council members.

On average their candidates in competitive races ran 3.6 points ahead, while Democrats ran 2.3 points behind. One of the signs that the Republican 2011 gerrymander is dead was Democrat Joe Sheehan’s ...

Issue 1 would have changed who draws the legislative boundaries for the Ohio General Assembly and congressional districts. It led to partisan bickering between Democrats and Republicans who accused ...

Gerrymandering is not new, but it works better than ever before. In decades past, the advantages that flowed from creating a ...

North Carolina voters once again find their congressional districts are different from two years ago, thanks to changes in ...

But what is gerrymandering? Gerrymandering is the manipulation of district boundaries to give one political party an unearned ...

Gerrymandering, defined by nonpartisan law and policy institute the Brennan Center for Justice, is the practice of drawing districts to favor one political party or racial group. In a report earlier ...

other campaign signs claim a no vote will “stop” gerrymandering. Some in the city are working to clarify just what Issue One will do. “Our districts are unfairly drawn, and it in essence ...

Gerrymandering is the process of manipulating the lines of electoral districts for political gain. Now, if Issue 1 passes, neither lobbyists nor politicians will be allowed to run for the commission.

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Young voters under 30 are the least affiliated with a particular party (38% say they are independent or unaffiliated). They are also the least likely to vote (nearly half sat out of the last ...