In New York state, the late Congresswoman Louise Slaughter once represented what wags called the Earmuff District. It took in a round part of Buffalo, a similarly shaped one in Rochester 60 miles away, and joined them with a narrow strip drawn along the Lake Ontario shore. Former Rep. Cynthia McKinney’s district in Georgia was…

Republicans are poised to add as many as three seats in Congress depending on how New York’s rejected congressional district maps are revised under a court order by an appointed nonpartisan Special Master. The New York Court of Appeals—the state’s highest court—on April 27 upheld lower court rulings that new congressional maps drawn by the…

A Kansas district court judge on Monday threw out the state’s newly-drawn Republican-backed congressional map as an unconstitutional gerrymander. The 29th Judicial District Court accused Republicans of creating “intentional and effective” partisan and political gerrymanders that violated the Kansas Constitution, The New York Times reported. The newly-drawn map divided Wyandotte County and moved a portion…

When Republican Gov. Larry Hogan signed into law new congressional maps drawn by the Democrat-controlled state General Assembly on April 4, Maryland became the 47th state to formally adopt new legislative and congressional districts following the 2020 United States Census. With Louisiana’s GOP-led legislature on March 30 overriding Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards’ rejection of…

The Florida legislature has just passed a set of congressional maps. Governor Ron DeSantis, however, insists that he will not approve them, just days before the current session of the legislature is scheduled to end. “I will veto the congressional reapportionment plan currently being debated by the House. DOA,” DeSantis said in a tweet. The…

Republicans are under attack for gerrymandering, the practice of reconfiguring a district to make it easier for politicians to win. It’s been going on for a very long time, and both major parties do it, but when Republicans do it, they’re called racist. Know who else gerrymandered their district, making it “wealthier” and “whiter”? Barack…

The Supreme Court of North Carolina ruled against the Republican Party’s redistricting plans for the state of North Carolina in a 4–3 vote on Friday, calling the maps, “unlawful partisan gerrymanders.” All four Democrats on the state’s highest court voted against the plan while the remaining three Republican justices dissented. The court also ordered the…

Kathy Hochul, the Democrat governor of New York, has signed off on congressional district maps for the state in a move that is facing criticism for giving massive political advantage to Democrats. The maps have been created in such a way that Democrat voters will be the majority in 22 of the 26 congressional districts…

The North Carolina Supreme Court ordered a preliminary injunction on Wednesday for the March primaries and suspended candidate filing until two lawsuits alleging gerrymandering are settled. The 2022 primaries are held on March 8 have been delayed until May 17. According to the order, the ruling was the result “of the great public interest in…

A group of Oregon Republicans filed a suit on Monday with the state court in an attempt to block the Democrats’ new redistricting maps, which the GOP alleges violate the state’s constitution. The four Republicans that filed the suit are all former elected officials in the state, including a secretary of state, two legislators, and…