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Apart from mid-decade redistricting initiated by state legislatures (as happened in Texas), both federal and state courts can also order the redistricting of certain maps between-censuses (because said maps were ruled unconstitutional or against federal law, for example).
Most states draw new lines by passing a law the same way any other law is passed, but some states have special procedures. [11] Connecticut and Maine require a two-thirds super-majority in each house of the state legislature for redistricting plans, while district lines are not subject to gubernatorial veto in Connecticut and North Carolina. [11]
In the United States, a redistricting commission is a body, other than the usual state legislative bodies, established to draw electoral district boundaries. Generally the intent is to avoid gerrymandering , or at least the appearance of gerrymandering, by specifying a nonpartisan or bipartisan body to comprise the commission drawing district ...
Originally, it looked like Democrats might benefit from redistricting after the 2020 census -- with lawmakers redrawing maps in large states like Illinois and New York to squeeze out Republicans ...
State-level gains in the 2022 midterm elections have given the GOP new sway over redistricting in this swing state. Last year, Republicans flipped North Carolina’s Supreme Court, whose members ...
Every 10 years, political lines are redrawn across the country based on Census Bureau data, typically by state lawmakers, leading to a host of legal battles over the new maps.
Despite the state claiming its unequal redistricting was done to preserve minority voting power, the court found no evidence to support this and deemed the redistricting unconstitutional. [85] At the state level, state courts may order or impose redistricting plans on jurisdictions where redistricting legislation prohibits gerrymandering.
Following the 2020 United States census, Michigan lost the 14th district. Despite retaining legislative majorities in the 2020 elections, Republican legislators no longer controlled the redistricting process, as the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission was convened to redraw legislative and congressional maps. The new district ...