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Tag: Independent Redistricting Commission

Ohio’s Politician-Led Redistricting Commission Failed.  Citizens Are Proposing a Citizen-Led Commission Instead.

August 14, 2023December 30, 2023
With 70% of the vote in 2018, Ohio voters passed a constitutional amendment prohibiting partisan gerrymandering. The state’s redistricting commission and legislature ignored it, and gerrymandered the voting district maps anyway. Citizens are now trying to fix what the politicians won’t.
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New York Court Sends Congressional Redistricting Map Back to Independent Commission; SCOTUS Sets Date to Consider South Carolina Congressional Map

July 17, 2023July 17, 2023
Thursday, a New York state appeals court ordered a redrawing of the state’s Congressional districts. The next day, the U.S. Supreme Court set a date for a South Carolina case which could greenlight MORE gerrymandering.
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Cities & Counties Also Get Gerrymandered; California Citizens are Fighting Back

February 20, 2023February 20, 2023
When we think redistricting, we generally think about our state’s Congressional, house and senate districts. But city and county districts are also reapportioned through redistricting – and also increasingly gerrymandered. Citizens in California are fighting back.
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