Reapportionment and redistricting all over the country are supposed to occur once per decade, to reflect population changes in the U.S. census. In New York, state voters amended the constitution in 2014 to ban gerrymandering by either party.

Redistricting is the process of drawing the lines of districts from which public officials are elected. When it’s conducted fairly, it accurately reflects population changes and racial diversity, and is used by legislators to equitably allocate ...

For the 2022 midterm elections, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed Alabama to use congressional districts that violated the law and diluted the voting power of Black citizens. A 5-4 vote by the Supreme Court in February 2022 let Alabama use these illegal ...

Former U.S. Rep. Alfred Lawson’s story illustrates the appetite that conservatives have for gerrymandering the Sunshine State at any turn.

Editor’s note: Opinion pieces are solely the opinion of the writer and not the Daily Journal. The Indiana General Assembly’s special session appears to be over, having voted down a mid-decade congressional reapportionment proposal. The legislature is ...