Updated August 25, 2023 High Court Settles the Status of Legal Theories Affecting Redistricting A pair of blockbuster redistricting cases from the Supreme Court were scrutinized during a session at NCSL’s Legislative Summit. At least for the moment, the cases settle the status of two prominent legal theories that play key roles in redistricting. Elections Redistricting State Legislatures News
Updated July 09, 2023 Keeping Up With Redistricting | OAS Episode 190 On this episode, Ben Williams from NCSL talks about the latest legal developments around redistricting and the efforts in 13 states to reallocate inmate data from rural prisons to the communities where the inmates came from. Redistricting Podcast
Updated June 15, 2023 2010 Redistricting Deviation Table There are several methods of measuring the extent to which populations of all the districts in a plan vary, or differ collectively from the "ideal." The method expressed in this document is "Overall Range." Redistricting Table
Updated May 30, 2023 Reallocating Inmate Data for Redistricting: It’s Not a Yes or No Question Policies to address representational imbalances caused by the Census Bureau’s “usual residence” rule are known to some as “ending prison gerrymandering”; others call it, more neutrally, “inmate data reallocation.” Redistricting State Legislatures News
Updated April 21, 2023 States to Keep Focus on Election Costs, Accuracy and the Safety of Officials Ahead of their 2023 legislative sessions, lawmakers expect to address the need for affordable housing, a strong child care workforce and adoption regulations. Elections Redistricting State Legislatures News
Updated April 06, 2023 Inmate Data Reallocation in the 2020 Redistricting Cycle Report summary of legislative staff experience reallocating inmate data for redistricting (aka prison gerrymandering reform) in the 2020 cycle. Redistricting
Updated March 30, 2023 Census Bureau Releases Detailed Data for New Legislative Districts A new data product from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey offers insights about the makeup of the 2022 congressional and legislative districts, many of which have been redrawn. Elections Redistricting State Legislatures News
Updated March 29, 2023 2022-2023 NCSL Census Webinar Series NCSL hosted a webinar series in 2022 and 2023 addressing accuracy, quality and concerns—plus ways that states can lend assistance to the bureau either to assure that the data is as accurate as possible, or to work with the data for analysis and beyond. Elections Redistricting Video
Updated January 19, 2023 Redistricting and Use of Census Data The United States Constitution, Article I, Section 2 requires congressional apportionment to be based on an “enumeration” of the U.S. population. However, the Constitution is silent on what data is to be used for redistricting. Redistricting Map Table
Updated November 09, 2022 Post-Election Trends, Analysis and What it All Means The results are in! Joining us in Washington, D.C. are our NCSL Elections Team who will be sharing post-election trends, analysis and what it all means for states. Elections Redistricting Video
Updated November 03, 2022 Pre-Election Analysis with NCSL Elections Team NCSL will have the latest updates on legislative partisan control and ballot measures along with other trends analysis on state elections. Elections Redistricting Video
Updated October 20, 2022 Navigating the 2022 Midterm Elections NCSL’s Elections and Redistricting Project Manager Amanda Zoch joins NCSL Town Hall to discuss what it takes to run a smooth election and how this year’s midterm may be the most closely watched political moment in years. Elections Redistricting Video