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South Carolina

Federal judges give state legislature until March 31 to remedy racially gerrymandered congressional district.

North Carolina

State supreme court will rehear challenge to new congressional districts on March 14, 2023. (Appeal pending at SCOTUS).

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

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 formed GOP majority Supreme Court listened to oral arguments in rare rehearing of redistricting case.

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

Feb 3, 2023

The state Supreme Court agreed to rehear a case decided in February 2022, which declared the state's districts to be a partisan gerrymander.

North Carolina

Feb 1, 2023

State legislators filed an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court over a lower court order that the state redraw its congressional districts.

South Carolina

Jan 25, 2023

Plaintiffs have sued Governor Hochul about redistricting in state court. The court affirmed a lower court order to the Independent Redistricting Commission to submit new maps by April 28, 2023.

New York