If this deadline is not met, a backup commission will draw the outstanding maps. If the backup commission fails to adopt maps by Nov. If it is unable to adopt maps by a two-thirds majority vote by the constitutional deadline, the task shifts to a backup commission, which is composed of nine members, two of whom are chosen by each of the following elected officials: president pro tem of the Senate, Senate minority leader, House speaker and House minority leader.
These eight select the ninth member within 30 days of their own selection as commissioners. The backup commission has jurisdiction over any maps that are not adopted, whether they be legislative or congressional. Connecticut requires its state legislative maps to comply with some traditional criteria and has not adopted any emerging criteria.
It does not have any state-level criteria for congressional districts. Redistricting deadline: No later than June 30, legislative ; none at-large district. Prisoner reallocation: Delaware will reallocate prisoners for the first time in the cycle. It passed a statute to reallocate prisoners in but did not apply the law in the redistricting cycle.
It has a single at-large district for Congress. Delaware is unique in that, although it imposes relatively few criteria on its legislative districts, it has adopted both traditional and emerging criteria. It did not see any court challenges to maps adopted in either the or redistricting cycles.
Redistricting deadline: At its regular session in the second year following each decennial census legislative ; none congressional.
Public access and input rules: None required in statute. In the cycle, the legislature facilitated the submission of maps drawn by the public by providing access to free online redistricting software and data. A table produced by the Florida Senate describing the process can be found here. Congressional districts are drawn by statute, meaning they can be vetoed by the governor. Legislative districts, meanwhile, are drawn by the legislature as a resolution not subject to gubernatorial veto.
They are, however, automatically reviewed by the state Supreme Court for adherence to state and federal law. The litigation stemmed from two constitutional amendments adopted by Florida voters in The amendments Florida Constitution, Article III, Sections 20 and 21 added emerging criteria to the state Constitution for legislative and congressional districts, as well as prohibitions on abridging the equal opportunity of racial and language minorities to elect candidates of their choice.
The state Senate published on its website a timeline of redistricting action over the past decade. The state Senate and House maps were not challenged in court. Georgia uses some traditional redistricting criteria and has not adopted any emerging criteria. Redistricting deadline: No more than days from the date on which its members are certified.
Unless specified in statute or the state Constitution, the commission is empowered to adopt its own rules of operation by majority vote. Hawaii requires that its districts comply with both traditional and emerging criteria. Redistricting deadline: Within 90 days after the commission has been organized or the necessary census data is available, whichever is later.
In the cycle, the commission failed to adopt districts by its constitutionally mandated deadline. The secretary of state ordered the creation of a new commission with the same people serving as commissioners , which ultimately adopted maps for legislative and congressional districts in late and early Idaho requires that its districts comply with both traditional and emerging criteria.
Redistricting deadline: June 30 in the year following the decennial census legislative ; none congressional. Prisoner reallocation: Illinois will reallocate prisoners beginning in the redistricting cycle. Illinois requires that its legislative districts comply with two traditional criteria and does not impose any criteria on its congressional districts. It has not adopted any emerging criteria. Its maps survived all court challenges in the cycle. Redistricting deadline: District maps must be adopted at the first regular session of the general assembly convening immediately following the United States decennial census congressional ; none legislative.
Indiana requires that its legislative districts comply with one traditional criterion and does not impose any criteria on its congressional districts. The maps were never challenged in court. But unlike its peers, Iowa assigns the task of drawing the lines that the legislature votes on to nonpartisan legislative staff. These staffers refer congressional, state House and state Senate maps to the state legislature, which then must give the maps an up-or-down vote.
A simple majority of the legislature is required to adopt maps. In every decade since this system was adopted in , the legislature has adopted state legislative and congressional maps drawn by the nonpartisan staffers. Iowa requires its state legislative and congressional districts to comply with both traditional and emerging criteria.
Unlike many other states, Iowa prohibits its nonpartisan staff from considering partisan data when drawing district maps. Such data includes the addresses of incumbent legislators and members of Congress; the political affiliation of registered voters; previous election results; and demographic information apart from population data except where necessary to comply with the Voting Rights Act.
Redistricting deadline: By the end of its regular session in the year ending in 2 legislative ; none congressional. Once maps were adopted by the federal court, none of its maps were challenged in court. Kansas uses some traditional redistricting criteria and has not adopted any emerging criteria. In the and redistricting cycles, Kansas reallocated students and nonresident military populations from college campuses and bases to their permanent residences for redistricting purposes.
This provision was repealed by voters in a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in , and thus will not be used for the cycle. Redistricting deadline: Districts must be drawn in years ending in 2 legislative ; none congressional. Kentucky uses some traditional redistricting criteria and has not adopted any emerging criteria. Redistricting deadline: By the end of the year following the year in which the population of the state is reported to the president of the United States for each decennial federal census legislative ; none congressional.
Louisiana uses some traditional redistricting criteria and has not adopted any emerging criteria. Despite voluminous litigation , the cycle maps have withstood all legal challenges since their enactment. Who draws state legislative lines: State legislature, with advice of the Legislative Apportionment Commission two-thirds majority vote required. Who draws congressional lines: State legislature, with advice of the Legislative Apportionment Commission two-thirds majority vote required.
The legislature is aided in this task by an advisory commission, the Maine Apportionment Commission. Maine uses some traditional redistricting criteria and has not adopted any emerging criteria. If the legislature fails to adopt legislative or congressional districts by the deadlines set in the state Constitution, the task of redistricting shifts to the state Supreme Court.
Who draws state legislative lines: State legislature although the governor must submit a plan to the legislature for its consideration, which goes into effect if the legislature does not amend or replace it. Redistricting deadline: By the 45th day after the opening of the regular session of the General Assembly in the second year following every census legislative ; none congressional. Prisoner reallocation: Maryland reallocates prisoners for redistricting and did so in the cycle.
For legislative districts, however, the state Constitution requires the governor to submit to the legislature a proposed legislative redistricting map, which becomes law unless the legislature passes maps of its own within 45 days of passage.
Courts were heavily involved in Maryland redistricting in the cycle. That case— Benisek v. Lamone —was decided at the same time as the landmark case Rucho v. Massachusetts uses some traditional redistricting criteria for its legislative districts and has not adopted any emerging criteria. It does not impose any state law requirements for its congressional districts.
Redistricting deadline: No later than Nov. In , voters approved a citizen initiative to create a new redistricting commission. The new commission will be formed for the first time in , in advance of redistricting following the release of census data. All of the cases were ultimately dismissed. Redistricting deadline: Redistricting must be completed at the first legislative session after the census. But for the fifth decade in a row , courts were forced to draw district maps instead.
Those maps have been in effect since Minnesota uses some traditional redistricting criteria and has adopted one emerging criteria, a prohibition on favoring or disfavoring legislative incumbents. Mississippi uses some traditional redistricting criteria and has not adopted any emerging criteria.
These committee-adopted criteria will not necessarily be the same from cycle to cycle. Redistricting deadline: No later than five months after the appointment of the commission, the commission shall file with the secretary of state a tentative redistricting plan and a map of the proposed districts. No later than six months after the appointment of the commission, the commission shall file with the secretary of state a final statement of the numbers and the boundaries of the districts legislative ; none congressional.
Missouri used some traditional redistricting criteria and adopted emerging criteria in , to go into effect for the first time in the redistricting cycle. If Montana were to be awarded a second congressional seat, the Montana Districting and Apportionment Commission would draw congressional lines. The legislature has 30 days to make recommendations. For congressional districts, the commission must file its plan with the secretary of state within 90 days after the final decennial census figures are available.
Public access and input rules: Before the commission files its final plans to the secretary of state congressional or legislature legislative , it shall hold at least one public hearing. Before the commission can adopt final maps, it must present a draft proposal to the state legislature, which makes recommendations on alterations to the final proposal.
Montana uses both traditional and emerging criteria. Public access and input rules: None required in statute; however, the Nebraska rules contain several such provisions:. The districts are drawn by statute, meaning they can be vetoed by the governor.
Nebraska is the only state with a unicameral legislature, and it is the only legislature whose members are elected on a nonpartisan basis. Nebraska uses some traditional redistricting criteria and has not adopted any emerging criteria. However, the governor vetoed the bill, and the legislature did not attempt to override. In , the secretary of state approved language for petitions to be circulated for a citizen initiative that would transfer redistricting power from the legislature to a new commission.
If a sufficient number of signatures are gathered, it will appear on the general election ballot. Redistricting deadline: In the first session after the taking of the decennial census in this case, ; legislative ; none congressional. In response, the legislature passed a modified redistricting plan in AB shortly thereafter, but it was also vetoed. When the state legislature adjourned in without having adopted new legislative maps, the task fell to the courts; a state court ultimately adopted new maps for legislative and congressional districts in October Prisoner reallocation: Nevada will reallocate prisoners for the first time in the redistricting cycle.
Nevada uses some traditional redistricting criteria and has not adopted any emerging criteria. At the time of publication, signature-gathering for a citizen initiative campaign that would transfer redistricting power to a commission is underway.
If it qualifies for the ballot and is approved by voters in , it would need to pass again in a second general election before it went into effect. Redistricting deadline: By the end of the regular session after the decennial census for legislative ; none congressional.
New Hampshire uses some traditional redistricting criteria for its legislative districts and has not adopted any emerging criteria. It does not impose any state-level requirements on its congressional districts. The governor vetoed the bill, and the legislature did not override.
Redistricting deadline: One month after the state receives the census data, or on or before Feb. House of Representatives, whichever is later congressional.
Prisoner reallocation: New Jersey will reallocate prisoners for the first time in the cycle. In the s, New Jersey passed a constitutional amendment giving the power to draw congressional districts to a new and separate commission, the New Jersey Redistricting Commission. New Jersey uses some traditional criteria to draw its state legislative districts and does not impose any state-level requirements on its congressional districts.
Traditionally, the tiebreaking commissioners have used their positions to impose additional criteria on the mapmaking process; those criteria vary from decade to decade, depending on the priorities of the tiebreaking commissioner. In , the statutorily established Interim Redistricting Committee traveled across the state to receive public comment. For the second decade in a row, courts were forced to draw the state legislative and congressional district maps in Those maps remained in effect throughout the decade.
New Mexico uses some traditional redistricting criteria and has not adopted any emerging criteria although legislation which would have done so was introduced in the legislative session. In Maestas v. Hall , P. The court also declared that courts should not select a plan that seeks partisan advantage, but rather one that is partisan-neutral. Redistricting deadline: The commission must combine the legislative plans into one proposed bill and submit it to the legislature by Jan.
If the legislature rejects the first plan or the governor vetoes it, the commission must submit a second plan to the legislature no later than Feb. If the legislature rejects the first and second plans, there is no deadline for the legislature itself to act. For all redistricting up through the cycle, the power to draw new district maps in New York—like in the vast majority of states—rested with the state legislature. In , voters approved a legislatively referred constitutional amendment to create a new advisory commission.
While a novel system not used in any other state, the new commission may be characterized as somewhat analogous to the system used in Iowa. Once the new advisory commission is created, it will draw maps for the legislature to approve in an up-or-down vote. Only if the legislature rejects this second map does it gain the power to draw districts on its own, but it may still comply with the same traditional and emerging criteria by which the commission was bound. Under the new advisory commission scheme, the number of legislative votes required to approve a commission-drawn map varies depending on the political makeup of the legislature:.
Redistricting deadline: At the first regular session convening after the return of every decennial census legislative ; none congressional. Unlike in most states, and per the state Constitution, the governor cannot veto any plans drawn by the legislature. North Carolina uses some traditional redistricting criteria and has not adopted any emerging criteria. Courts were heavily involved in redistricting North Carolina during the redistricting cycle.
These novel claims are likely to feature prominently in the redistricting cycle. If North Dakota were to be awarded a second congressional seat, the legislature would draw congressional lines. Redistricting deadline: Before the adjournment of the first regular session after each decennial census However, the state only engages in legislative redistricting because North Dakota is apportioned one at-large congressional district.
North Dakota uses some traditional redistricting criteria and has not adopted any emerging criteria. While there is no constitutional deadline for redistricting, the legislature traditionally adopts new maps before the end of years ending in 1. The initiative is currently being circulated for signatures. If enough signatures are gathered, it will appear on the November ballot. Who draws congressional lines: State legislature with a bipartisan majority vote ; if it cannot do so, a complex backup system involving both the legislature and the Ohio Redistricting Commission is used.
Redistricting deadline: No later than Sept. Through the cycle, the power to draw new district maps in Ohio was divided. For legislative districts, a commission composed of legislative and executive officials had responsibility for drawing maps. In , voters approved a legislatively referred constitutional amendment to expand the number of commissioners from five to seven and added emerging criteria to the state constitution.
In , voters approved another legislatively referred constitutional amendment to create a novel redistricting process for congressional districts.
It is a multistep process with changing criteria depending on how new maps are ultimately adopted:. The state Constitution designates the state Supreme Court as the venue for all state law challenges. Redistricting deadline: Within 90 days after the convening of the first regular session of the legislature following each federal decennial census legislative ; none congressional. If the legislature does not redistrict before the state's constitutional deadline , the task of drawing legislative districts falls to a seven-member backup commission consisting of executive officials and appointees of executive and legislative partisan officials.
There is no backup commission for congressional districts. While state law does not require that public hearings be held, in past cycles, the House and Senate held public hearings around the state to gather input from citizens and accepted map submissions for statewide legislative plans from the public. The House is currently accepting public input through email at RedistrictOklahoma okhouse.
Oklahoma uses some traditional criteria to draw its district maps and has not adopted any emerging criteria. It did not see any successful court challenges to maps adopted in the redistricting cycle. Redistricting deadline: By July 1 of the year of the odd-numbered regular session following the census note: July 1, If there is no legislative plan enacted by July 1, the secretary of state adopts new maps by Aug.
By July 1 of the year of the odd-numbered year regular session congressional. Prisoner reallocation: Oregon will reallocate prisoners for the first time in the cycle.
If the legislature fails to enact new maps by the state constitutional deadline, two backup mechanisms kick into effect. For legislative districts, the secretary of state is directed to adopt new maps by Aug. For congressional districts, citizens are empowered to file a special lawsuit in a designated county court.
After filing, the chief justice of the state Supreme Court appoints retired judges to a panel that adopts congressional districts for the Supreme Court to review and approve. Oregon has adopted both traditional and emerging criteria for its legislative and congressional districts. In addition to the criteria listed above, Oregon law requires that districts be connected by transportation links and that they preserve the voting strength of language and ethnic minority groups.
Redistricting deadline: No later than 90 days after either the commission has been certified or the census data is released whichever is later , commission must release its preliminary redistricting maps legislative ; none congressional.
This veto can be overridden by a two-thirds majority vote in each chamber. A novel legal theory, it gave rise to a doctrinally similar holding in North Carolina in The case only applies to congressional districting. In , the legislature created an advisory commission for only the redistricting cycle to assist it in this task. The commission consisted of 18 members:. Rhode Island uses some traditional redistricting criteria and has not adopted any emerging criteria.
Criteria used: In accordance with historical precedent, South Carolina adopted an extensive list of criteria through two legislative resolutions here and here. In the cycle, the criteria adopted were:. Through historical precedent, South Carolina uses some traditional redistricting criteria not found in statute and has not adopted any emerging criteria. Redistricting deadline: By Dec. Legislative rules permit the legislature to draw legislative districts by joint resolution if it so chooses, bypassing a potential gubernatorial veto.
South Dakota uses some traditional redistricting criteria and has not adopted any emerging criteria. Tennessee uses some traditional redistricting criteria for its legislative districts and has not adopted any emerging criteria. It does not impose any state-level rules on the way its congressional districts are drawn. If the legislature does not redistrict before the state's constitutional deadline , the task of drawing legislative districts falls to a five-member backup commission consisting of executive and legislative partisan officials.
Courts were heavily involved in redistricting Texas in the and cycles. When the legislature did not pass any maps in its session, a federal court ultimately drew congressional maps for the elections.
In , the legislature passed new maps after several attempts by some legislators to flee the state to deny the majority a quorum , which were adopted. They were subject to extensive litigation and were ultimately struck down by the U.
Supreme Court as violations of the Voting Rights Act. The remedial maps adopted by the district court in to remedy those violations were used for the remainder of the decade. While the Senate maps were adopted without incident, the House maps were ultimately drawn by a federal court.
This section of the report only includes the lawsuits that impacted which maps were in effect. Who draws state legislative lines: State legislature, with guidance from the Utah Independent Redistricting Commission. Who draws congressional lines: State legislature, with guidande from the Utah Independent Redistricting Commission. Ten days must lapse between a map being recommended to the legislature and a vote in the legislature on that map.
The advisory commission will be used for the first time in For a map to be recommended to the legislature, it must receive the votes of at least five commissioners. The legislature is not required to accept a map from the advisory commission, and may adopt its own map in lieu of a commission-recommended map. When Utah adopted the advisory commission, it also adopted several new redistricting criteria, including emerging criteria.
Who draws state legislative lines: State legislature, with advice of the Vermont Apportionment Board. Redistricting deadline: A tentative plan from the Vermont Apportionment Board is due to the legislature on or before July 1 of the year following each decennial census; the final proposal is due no later than Aug. The legislature is aided in this task by an advisory commission, the Vermont Apportionment Board.
Vermont uses some traditional redistricting criteria and has not adopted any emerging criteria. Who draws state legislative lines: Virginia Redistricting Commission, for legislature's approval or rejection. Who draws congressional lines: Virginia Redistricting Commission, for legislature's approval or rejection. Redistricting deadline: No later than 45 days following the receipt of census data legislative ; no later than 60 days following the receipt of census data congressional.
Prisoner reallocation: Virginia will reallocate prisoners for the first time in the redistricting cycle. That changed in , when voters approved an amendment to the state constitution transferring the power to draw legislative and congressional districts to a member commission. Unique among commissions, it is composed of an equal number of legislators and citizen members, who are evenly split between the two major parties.
The chair of the commission must be one of the citizen members. Virginia uses some traditional redistricting criteria and will use emerging criteria for the first time in the redistricting cycle.
Starting in the cycle, Virginia will require that districts be drawn to give racial and lingual minority groups an equal opportunity to participate in the political process. Both the congressional and legislative district cases that made it to the U. Supreme Court— Personhuballah v. Alcorn and Bethune-Hill v. Virginia State Board of Elections —established new standing doctrine relating to redistricting cases that will affect the ability of legislatures to defend their districts for years to come.
Redistricting deadline: Nov. At that time, the legislature has 30 days in session to amend the map. If the commission fails to produce a map by Nov. The commission must publish a report with the final plan—including the population deviations for each district, an explanation of the criteria used to make the plan, and justifications for any deviations from perfect compliance with criteria or population equality.
Prisoner reallocation: Washington will reallocate prisoners for the first time in the cycle. Composed of equal numbers of members appointed by Democrats and Republicans, its chair is unaffiliated with either major party and cannot vote on maps.
A supermajority of three votes is required for the commission to adopt a district map. It exercised this power in both the and redistricting cycles by making changes to a small number of districts in both maps. Washington requires that its district maps comply with both traditional and emerging criteria.
In addition to criteria that apply solely to redistricting, Washington has also adopted a law requiring that incarcerated persons be reallocated to their last known place of residence, and to adjust race and ethnicity data accordingly. This can affect how Washington complies with the Voting Rights Act. West Virginia uses some traditional redistricting criteria and has not adopted any emerging criteria. In September , the U. Supreme Court approved a population deviation of 0.
The legislature adopted the map despite this deviation in order to keep all counties whole in compliance with the state constitution. Redistricting deadline: At its first session after the census note: ; legislative ; none congressional. Wisconsin uses some traditional redistricting criteria for its legislative districts and has not adopted any emerging criteria. It does not impose any state-level criteria on the construction of its congressional districts.
Redistricting deadline: At the first budget session of the legislature following the federal census note: District maps are drawn by statute, meaning they can be vetoed by the governor. Wyoming uses some traditional redistricting criteria and has not adopted any emerging criteria. Create Account. Redistricting Systems: A State Overview. Who draws congressional lines: State legislature.
Criteria used: Compactness. Preservation of political subdivisions. Communities of interest. Avoid pairing incumbents permitted but not required.
It ordered the legislature to adopt remedial plans for use in all remaining elections that decade. Prisoner reallocation: Alabama does not reallocate prisoners.
Public access and input rules: Hearings : The redistricting board must hold public hearings on all plans formally proposed by the board. Notice : The redistricting board must issue a public proclamation of redistricting when a plan is approved by a vote of the board. Citizen -initiated review : Within 30 days after the end of the day period when maps must be redrawn, any qualified voter may petition the state Supreme Court to compel the redistricting board to correct any error in the district maps.
State senate and house : The redistricting board adopted plans for the state Senate and House in , which received preclearance from the Department of Justice late in the year. In , the state Supreme Court rejected the process used by the redistricting board to redraw legislative districts, stating that it unnecessarily elevated the Voting Rights Act over state constitutional mandates in several circumstances.
The redistricting board adopted remedial plans, which were again rejected by the state Supreme Court, though the court did permit their use in the elections while remedial plans were developed. Those remedial plans, adopted in , survived legal challenges. Board composition: Partisan breakdown: None.
Commissioners must be selected without regard for party. Qualifications: Must have been a resident of Alaska for at least 12 months prior to nomination. Selection of commissioners: Two appointed by governor. One appinted by Senate majority leader. One appinted by House majority leader.
One appinted by chief justice of state Supreme Court. Prisoner reallocation: Alaska does not reallocate prisoners. Redistricting deadline: None.
Prohibition on favoring or disfavoring an incumbent or candidate. Prohibition on using partisan data. Public access and input rules: The commission must release draft maps of legislative and congressional districts to the public for comment. The comment period cannot be shorter than 30 days. During the public comment period, either or both chambers of the legislature may make recommendations to the commission for its consideration.
The commission is subject to state open records and open meetings laws. State house and senate : Final approved maps see here. Commission composition: Partisan breakdown: No more than two nominees may be of the same party. Since its adoption, every commission has consisted of two Democrats, two Republicans and one person unaffiliated with either major party who serves as the chair.
Qualifications: Of the commissioners appointed by members of the legislature, no more than two may be residents of the same county the chair is exempt from this rule. Must be an Arizona voter.
For at least three years preceding appointment to the commission: Must have been registered with the same political party or have been unaffiliated with either major party.
Must not have been elected to, appointed to or been a candidate for any other office, including a precinct committeeman or committeewoman but excluding school board member.
Selection of commissioners: State commission on appellate court appointments nominates 10 Republicans, 10 Democrats and five individuals unaffiliated with either major party. Majrity and minority leaders in each legislative chamber choose one commissioner from this pool of 25 nominees. The four select a fifth tiebreaker who is not registered in the same party as any other commissioner. Prisoner reallocation: Arizona does not reallocate prisoners.
Preserve cores of prior districts. Public access and input rules: Citizen-initiated review : If a citizen petitions, the state Supreme Court must review and possibly revise the maps. Commissioners are not appointed but hold their posts as part of their elected offices.
Secretary of state. Attorney general. Qualifications: Must hold one of the above offices during redistricting. Selection of commissioners: Election to one of the above offices in last general election prior to redistricting. Prisoner reallocation: Arkansas does not reallocate prisoners. Summary In , Arkansas became the first state to give redistricting power to a commission or board. In eight of the states above — Connecticut , Illinois , Maryland , Mississippi , Ohio , Oklahoma , Oregon , and Texas — there are special backup procedures to draw state district lines if the legislature does not successfully pass a plan.
Connecticut , Indiana , and Ohio use backup commissions for congressional districts. These backup commissions all look a bit different. In Oregon , the Secretary of State is the backup actor. In Connecticut and Illinois , the backup commission is composed of members selected by the legislative leadership.
In Mississippi and Texas , the backup commission includes specific statewide elected officials, like the State Treasurer or state Attorney General. In Ohio and Oklahoma , these models are blended, with a backup commission composed of specific statewide officials and several members selected by the legislative leadership.
In all of the states above, the legislature is primarily in charge of redistricting. Elsewhere, some other entity draws the lines. Hawaii , New Jersey , and Virginia use politician commissions for congressional districts. Each, again, is a bit different. In Arkansas and Ohio , specific elected officials have designated seats on the commission.
In the other states, the legislative or party leadership nominates at least some commissioners, usually with balanced numbers from each party, and sometimes with a role for the Governor or Chief Justice of the state Supreme Court to select nominees or appoint additional members of the commission. In Virginia , the commission consists of eight legislators and eight more independent citizen commissioners — because any plan must be approved by six of the eight legislative commissioners and six of the eight citizen commissioners, it may end up in practice functioning more like an independent commission.
The remaining states — Alaska , Arizona , California , Colorado , Idaho , Michigan , Montana , New York , and Washington — all draw both state and federal districts using an independent commission, with regulations limiting direct participation by elected officials.
Two states— Colorado and Virginia —count these people as residents in their correctional facility for redistricting purposes. Seven exclude this group from all district redistricting population calculations. Pennsylvania excluded out-of-state inmates from all district population calculations, but counted in-state inmates with unknown previous residences as residents of their correctional facility.
Federal inmates are counted the same as state inmates in six states, and are excluded from redistricting calculations in two states. Four states have not addressed how to count persons incarcerated in federal facilities for redistricting. The link below is to the most recent stories in a Google news search for the terms Redistricting. These results are automatically generated from Google. Ballotpedia does not curate or endorse these articles.
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State legislative redistricting : In 33 states, state legislatures play the dominant role in state legislative redistricting. In three states, hybrid systems are used. File:The Gerry-Mander Edit. In contrast with racial gerrymandering, on which the Supreme Court of the United States has issued rulings in the past affirming that such practices violate federal law, the high court had not, as of November , issued a ruling establishing clear precedent on the question of partisan gerrymandering.
Although the court has granted in past cases that partisan gerrymandering can violate the United States Constitution, it has never adopted a standard for identifying or measuring partisan gerrymanders. Partisan gerrymandering is described in greater detail in this article. Gill v. Whitford See also: Gill v. Whitford In Gill v. Harris See also: Cooper v. Harris In Cooper v.
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New Hampshire. New Jersey. New Mexico. New York. A non-politician commission drafts maps. The legislature must reject two separate sets of commission-proposed plans before it can amend the commission's proposals.
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