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How Adding a Citizenship Question in the Next U.S. Census Could Change the Make-Up of Congress

June 9, 2025June 9, 2025

You may have filled out a U.S. Census questionnaire which promised to keep your individual data private. There’s concern the Trump administration or Congress may add a question about your citizenship in the 2030 Census. Would you answer it?

Arkansas Congressional District Racial Gerrymandering Case Dismissed by Federal Court Panel

June 8, 2025June 8, 2025

A three-judge panel dismissed a case June 6th by a group of Black Arkansas voters that the state legislature racially gerrymandered Arkansas’ 2nd Congressional District. It’s the state’s fourth redistricting challenge since 2021.

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.

Pro-Voter Groups Again Challenge ‘Least Change” Congressional Districts in Wisconsin Supreme Court, After Outcome of April’s $100M Court Race

May 15, 2025May 15, 2025

After the election of liberal-leaning Justice Janet Protasiewicz in 2023, Wisconsin state assembly and senate maps were challenged in the Wisconsin Supreme Court and subsequently thrown out as unconstitutional. But justices passed on a challenge to the Congressional districts.

Nebraska & New Hampshire Wrestle with “Winner Take All” and “Winner by District” Presidential Electoral Vote Systems

February 6, 2025February 6, 2025

A New Hampshire Senate bill, just killed in committee, would have moved the state’s four presidential electoral votes to a “Winner by District” system, from “Winner Take All”. Nebraska, the only state besides Maine which apportions its electoral votes by district, is trying to end it.

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How Adding a Citizenship Question in the Next U.S. Census Could Change the Make-Up of Congress

Arkansas Congressional District Racial Gerrymandering Case Dismissed by Federal Court Panel

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

Pro-Voter Groups Again Challenge ‘Least Change” Congressional Districts in Wisconsin Supreme Court, After Outcome of April’s $100M Court Race

Nebraska & New Hampshire Wrestle with “Winner Take All” and “Winner by District” Presidential Electoral Vote Systems