Gerrymandering news covering redistricting battles, congressional and state legislative maps, court challenges, and partisan and racial map disputes.
The US Supreme Court issued an unsigned shadow-docket order dismissing a lower-court ruling that had blocked Alabama from implementing gerrymandered congressional districts for the 2026 election cycle. The map had been found intentionally discriminatory against Black voters. Justice Sotomayor dissented, joined by Kagan and Brown Jackson.
This commentary argues that the US Supreme Court's right-wing supermajority, through an unsigned shadow docket order, has approved racial gerrymandering in Alabama and undermined voting rights protections. The authors contend that the Court's actions reveal a disregard for legal precedent and lower court findings, posing a threat to fair elections and democracy.
This commentary argues that Canada's independent redistricting commissions, established by the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act, offer a solution to US gerrymandering. It contends that Canada's process, which uses nonpartisan commissions and public hearings, effectively prevents partisan manipulation of electoral boundaries, unlike the US system.
This commentary argues that California's redistricting process has significantly reduced the number of competitive congressional districts, leaving only four safe Republican seats and four competitive ones, while the rest are virtually guaranteed Democratic victories. It contends that this outcome undermines electoral competition and favors one party.
This commentary argues that proportional representation could fix gerrymandering in the United States. It contends that the current winner-takes-all system undermines democracy and suggests that multi-member districts would give voters more power and produce fairer representation.