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... State Legislatures News, Policy, Legislative Summit, Redistricting and Census State Legislatures News
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. State Legislatures News, U.S. Supreme Court, Policy, Redistricting and Census, State-Federal State Legislatures News
February 21, 2024 Census Bureau Makes It Easy to Access State Legislative District Data A new video from the bureau provides a step-by-step guide to drilling down from national results to individual districts. State Legislatures News, Policy, Redistricting and Census, Center for Results-Driven Governing State Legislatures News
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... State Legislatures News, U.S. Supreme Court, Policy, Redistricting and Census State Legislatures News
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... State Legislatures News, Policy, Elections, Legislative Summit, Redistricting and Census State Legislatures News
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... State Legislatures News, Policy, Redistricting and Census State Legislatures News