Part of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act says that you cannot gerrymander based on the color of someone's skin.

With a citizen-led independent redistricting commission, California has long championed taking politicians out of the ...

Massachusetts is not generally considered one of the most gerrymandered states in the country. The term gerrymandering can be traced back to Elbridge Gerry, the governor of Massachusetts in 1812. In ...

California's Proposition 50 on the Nov. 4 special election ballot has put the state at the center of the nationwide battle ...

North Carolina's new congressional map provides Republicans with an additional seat, giving them 11 of the total 14 ...

California leaders look to a special election to counter Texas redistricting plans. As Texas Republicans pursue new district maps, California leaders are sketching plans of their own. Governor Gavin ...

The American political system has for years transformed into a more partisan, brutalized and norm-scorning version of itself. The old rules are increasingly out; whatever-it-takes is increasingly in.

Ohioans don't like gerrymandering, which is why both sides of the Issue 1 debate say they have a solution for it. But what is gerrymandering? Gerrymandering is the manipulation of district boundaries ...

It looks like the congressional gerrymander wars sparked by the Trump White House are going to bypass Wisconsin for now. But Wisconsin’s own experience with gerrymandering in recent years is a ...

Does Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which specifically forbids the creation of racially proportional congressional districts, require states to create congressional districts in equal proportion ...

The Utah GOP is tapping the brakes on a bid to use the initiative process to kill a voter-passed anti-gerrymandering law — a ...

A political battle is shaping up in North Carolina, while a Supreme Court case in the nation's capital could have a major effect on voters across the U.S., including in the Tar Heel State Texas and ...