Deliberately gerrymandered election districts deprive voters of meaningful choices, heighten partisanship and undermine the representativeness of legislative bodies. In order for elected officials to be responsive to the public interest, new laws and processes for bipartisan redistricting must be created.
Midwest Democracy Network is proud to announce its new report, Redistricting and Representation in the Great Lakes Region In 2011, reformers set out to challenge the secretive and partisan system of redistricting in six Midwest states: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan,…
Redistricting continues to be in the news in Wisconsin. Jay Heck of Common Cause in Wisconsin wrote an editorial advocating for redistricting reform in the state. The dysfunction caused by ugly hyper-partisanship, a byproduct of redistricting, has damaged Wisconsin’s reputation…
Midwest Democracy Network is proud to announce its new report, Redistricting and Representation in the Great Lakes Region In 2011, reformers set out to challenge the secretive and partisan system of redistricting in six Midwest states: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan,…
A new analysis from the Brennan Center shows the possible impact that redistricting had on this November’s Congressional elections.They found that nine seats flipped control from Republican to Democratic, while…
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Redistricting and Representation in the Midwest
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Midwest Redistricting: Get to Know Your District
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