Updated June 04, 2025 Redistricting Already? Prepare Now for Accurate Census Data Later By participating in optional Census Bureau programs starting now, states have several opportunities to tell the bureau where their geographic boundaries lie and how they want their data reported for use in redistricting. Redistricting State Legislatures News
Updated May 19, 2025 Preparing for the Census: Timeline for State Activity The U.S. Census Bureau administers several programs that allow states to update their geographic data before the Census occurs in 2030. This page explains how states can participate and why these programs are important to redistricting and other things. Redistricting
Updated May 08, 2025 NCSL Redistricting and Census Resources This page lists NCSL's online resources about redistricting and the Census. This includes webpages, news articles, podcasts, webinars and more. Redistricting
Updated May 02, 2025 Understanding Redistricting: Terms You Should Know This page defines widely used key redistricting terms. It is a vocabulary guide for anyone new to redistricting or who needs a refresher. Terms include parts of the redistricting process, legal concepts and geographic elements. Redistricting
Updated September 11, 2024 Act Now, Don’t Delay on Your Redistricting To-Do List The redistricting process—redrawing legislative and congressional districts once, twice or three times a decade—can be stressful, contentious and litigious. But that’s no reason to put it off. Many redistricting policies take time to implement. Redistricting State Legislatures News
Updated August 27, 2024 2020 Redistricting Criteria State legislatures or commissions tasked with redistricting must consider various criteria, or principles, when deciding how to draw new maps. Redistricting Table
Updated May 29, 2024 Supreme Court Rules for South Carolina Republicans in Voting Map Dispute The U.S. Supreme Court has reversed a lower court decision that found that a South Carolina congressional district had been racially gerrymandered. Redistricting State-Federal State Legislatures News
Updated May 21, 2024 Reallocating Inmate Data for Redistricting How do states treat people who are incarcerated for redistricting purposes? Six states have policies to reallocate prisoners and inmates to their home addresses. Redistricting Table
Updated April 19, 2024 National Popular Vote Read about the National Popular Vote compact in this overview of state legislation. Elections Redistricting Table
Updated November 14, 2023 Supreme Court Hears Racial Gerrymandering Challenge to South Carolina Voting Maps In February 2022, the South Carolina Conference of the NAACP sued Thomas Alexander, in his official capacity as president of the South Carolina Senate, arguing a new redistricting map was racially gerrymandered in violation of 14th and 15th amendments to the Constitution. Redistricting State Legislatures News
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