Redistricting Reform Around the Country [View all]
Brennan Center
New legislative sessions have brought a flurry of redistricting bills from both Democrats and Republicans around the country in 2015 — no fewer than 87 as of April 7, according to a new Brennan Center analysis. http://www.brennancenter.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=80637&qid=4592341
Although reforming redistricting by legislation historically has been hard, these bills show a robust bipartisan debate over ways to improve democratic processes and a dissatisfaction with current redistricting practices.
Proposals introduced this year include 20 bills that would create redistricting commissions, 7 that would change how and where prisoners are counted for redistricting purposes, and 23 measures that try to minimize gerrymandering by putting other constraints on how maps are drawn.
For an overview of the bills, see our interactive map, which we will update as sessions move forward. http://www.brennancenter.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=80637&qid=4592341
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