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Alabama

Federal court struck revised congressional maps as failing to offer VRA remedy, will draw maps itself

New York

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

North Carolina

State supreme court overturned its own partisan gerrymandering opinion on Apr. 28, 2023.

South Carolina

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

Arkansas

8th Cir. heard oral arguments on appeal from lower court ruling 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.

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

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Compare the redistricting process across states and over time.

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The Latest Updates

Sep 5, 2023

A federal court struck down Alabama's new congressional plan as failing to remedy Voting Rights Act violations.

Alabama

Aug 10, 2023

A federal court struck down the state of Washington's legislative districts, holding they cracked Latino voters in violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.

Washington

Aug 4, 2023

A group of mathematicians and computer scientists who live in Wisconsin petitioned the state supreme court to invalidate the state's legislative districts for violating the state's constitution.

Wisconsin

Aug 2, 2023

Wisconsin voters filed a lawsuit challenging the state's legislative districts and alleging that they are a partisan gerrymander in violation of the equal protection clause of the state's constitution.

Wisconsin

Jul 13, 2023

An intermediate appellate court ordered the state's Independent Redistricting Commission to redraw the state's congressional map.

New York

Jul 11, 2023

Utah's Supreme Court heard oral arguments in lawsuit challenging the state's congressional districts, and the Legislature's authority to revise ballot initiatives.

Utah