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New York

State appellate court ordered independent commission to redraw congressional map. Top court stayed order.

Georgia

Federal court struck down congressional and state maps as violation of VRA. State must draw new maps by Dec. 8.

South Carolina

U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument on racial gerrymandering on Oct. 11, 2023.

Arkansas

8th Cir. affirmed lower court holding that private parties may not enforce §2 of the VRA.

Utah

State Supreme Court heard oral arguments on June 11, 2023 in case challenging the state's congressional map.

Louisiana

5th Cir. held that congressional disricts violate the VRA and ordered the state to draw new maps by Jan. 2024.

Redistricting Across States

The Constitutional mandate to redraw electoral district lines follows the decennial Census, as we learn where we, the people, live.

Click on the map to the right to to view redistricting information for federal and state legislative districts in each of the 50 states.

Visit the National Overview page to compare control of the redistricting process across states and across time.

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Legal Cases

Follow all of the litigation over federal and state legislative redistricting.

National Overview

Compare the redistricting process across states and over time.

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The Latest Updates

Nov 27, 2023

State supreme court affirmed lower state court ruling that congressional districts are valid and not an egregious partisan gerrymander.

New Mexico

Nov 22, 2023

State trial court struck down state Senate maps as violation of state constitution. The court upheld state House districts.

Tennessee

Nov 20, 2023

The 8th Circuit affirmed a lower court ruling that private parties may not enforce the VRA. The NAACP had challenged the state's House districts.

Arkansas

Nov 17, 2023

Federal trial court held that state legislative districts violate section 2 of the Voting Rights Act by depriving Native American voters an equal opportunity to elect candidates of their choice.

North Dakota

Nov 10, 2023

The Fifth Circuit affirmed a lower court ruling that Louisiana's congressional districts violate the Voting Rights Act and ordered the state to draw new districts by January 2024.

Louisiana

Nov 8, 2023

Intervenors in a VRA lawsuit asked the U.S. Supreme Court to suspend a lower court order until the Supreme Court hears an appeal whether the challenged districts violate the U.S. Constitution.

Washington