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Alaska

Alaska Redistricting Board adopted its interim legislative plan as the final plan going forward.

North Carolina

State supreme court overturned partisan gerrymandering opinion on Apr. 28, 2023. (May affect SCOTUS jurisdiction).

South Carolina

U.S. Supreme Court sets case on unjustified use of race for argument in the coming Term.

Alabama

U.S. Supreme Court considering whether Alabama must draw second minority opportunity congressional district.

Arkansas

8th Cir. heard oral argument on appeal from lower court ruling that private parties may not enforce §2 of the VRA.

Utah

Utah Supreme Court agrees to hear appeal of challenge to congressional maps on July 11, 2023.

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

May 15, 2023

The Sup. Ct. set Alexander v. SC NAACP (a direct appeal involving unjustified use of race) for argument.

South Carolina

Apr 28, 2023

The NC Sup. Ct. overturned its prior opinion, permitting partisan gerrymandering and allowing the legislature to redraw all maps.

North Carolina

Apr 20, 2023

The State Independent Redistricting Commission submitted a final draft map of the Assembly districts, which makes only minor changes to the existing map.

New York

Mar 27, 2023

The U.S. Supreme Court denied cert from Kansas voters who appealed a ruling from the state Supreme Court arguing that the state Court used the wrong standard to uphold congressional maps.

Kansas

Mar 14, 2023

The newly constituted state Supreme Court heard argument in a rare rehearing of the redistricting cases.

North Carolina

Feb 11, 2023

The Districting and Apportionment Commission voted 3-2 to finalize new House and Senate maps. Nonpartisan chair Maylinn Smith cast the tie-breaking vote in favor of the map.

Montana