Independent Redistricting Commission Archives

Redistricting Week: A Gerrymandering War is Breaking Out Before the 2026 Midterms with Both Sides Threatening to Cheat on Their Maps

August 7, 2025August 7, 2025

With sinking approval ratings and the 2026 midterms looming, President Donald Trump asked Texas legislators to further gerrymander Congressional maps and preserve a GOP advantage in the U.S. House. Sinking to the challenge, Democratic states are threatening to cheat in their states, too.

Redistricting Week: Who Does the Redistricting, and How Can We Encourage Fair Maps and Curb Gerrymandering?

August 6, 2025August 6, 2025

We’ve been explaining the basics of fair redistricting and unfair gerrymandering this week. Who does the redistricting, and how can that encourage fair maps and curb partisan and racial gerrymandering?

Will Texas and Ohio Redraw Congressional Districts Before the 2026 Midterms?

June 24, 2025June 24, 2025

For most states, redistricting is a once-a-decade event, perhaps extended by some litigation. For Ohio and Texas, redistricting may turn into an ongoing partisan battle as both states consider interim redistricting as the midterms approach.

Michigan GOP’s ‘Independent State Legislature Theory’ Case Rebuffed by U.S. Supreme Court

May 22, 2025May 22, 2025

The “Independent State Legislature Theory” met a skeptical U.S. Supreme Court in 2023 in Moore v. Harper, a North Carolina gerrymandering case. The Michigan GOP tried to employ the fringe theory to undo Michigan’s Question 2 citizen initiative, but the U.S. Supreme Court refused the case May 19th.

Brennan Center Report Shows Gerrymandering’s Impact on Control of Congress

May 19, 2025May 19, 2025

Gerrymandering, the manipulation of voting district boundaries to engineer an election outcome which benefits a particular party, had a significant impact on control of the new Congress, according to a Brennan Center for Justice report.

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Redistricting Week: A Gerrymandering War is Breaking Out Before the 2026 Midterms with Both Sides Threatening to Cheat on Their Maps

Redistricting Week: Who Does the Redistricting, and How Can We Encourage Fair Maps and Curb Gerrymandering?

Will Texas and Ohio Redraw Congressional Districts Before the 2026 Midterms?

Michigan GOP’s ‘Independent State Legislature Theory’ Case Rebuffed by U.S. Supreme Court

Brennan Center Report Shows Gerrymandering’s Impact on Control of Congress