What is redistricting?
Redistricting is the process of redrawing local, state, and congressional electoral districts in response to new census data to ensure that the districts have equal numbers of people. Beginning in 2011, all states will start the process of reviewing newly released census data to determine how to redraw electoral lines to ensure compliance with the constitutional mandate of one-person, one-vote.
Why is redistricting important?
- Redistricting applies to all electoral boundaries.
- Redistricting often has a major impact on who wins elections, and so it affects all types of legislative decisions, such as passing laws, providing funding, and approving projects within your community.
- Revised district boundaries usually remain in effect for ten years and citizen participation in the redistricting process is needed to ensure that the new boundaries provide fair electoral opportunities for all.
Read more: Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Voting Rights Project’s Redistricting Program
2010 Census Redistricting Data
2010 Census Interactive Redistricting Data Maps
2010 Census Advance Group Quarters Summary File
Reports
A Media Guide to Redistricting
Source: Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law
A Citizen's Guide to Redistricting (2010)
Source: Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law
Designing P.L. 94-171 Redistricting Data for the Year 2010 Census: The View From the States
Source: U.S. Census Bureau (September 2004)
The Dawn of Do-It-Yourself Redistricting?
Redistricting in America, A State-by-State Analysis
Source: The Rose Institute of State and Local Government (April 21, 2010)
Strength in Numbers: Your Guide to Census 2010 Redistricting Data
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Resources
AEI-Brookings Project on Redistricting
Americans for Redistricting Reform
Black Population in the United States: 2009 (Source: U.S. Census Bureau)
Brennan Center for Justice
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
National Coalition on Black Civic Participation
National Conference of State Legislatures
Public Mapping Project
Race and Redistricting (Source: National Black Caucus of State Legislators)
Redistricting in America
Redistricting Law 2010
Redistricting the Nation
Section 5 Resource Guide (Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
Washington Post's Mapping the Future
Headlines
Many states not quick on the redraw
As Redistricting Begins, Racial Gerrymandering Follows Black Migration
Blacks’ migration to suburbs will have big impact on congressional redistricting
Black voters move to the suburbs
The decline of the majority-black district, and what it means
Census 2010 Offers Portrait of America in Transition
Where to count prisoners poses redistricting dilemma
Black populations fall in major cities
There Comes a Time When People Just Have to Set Boundaries
Software opens up redistricting
The top 10 states to watch in redistricting
'Packing' and 'cracking' at redistricting center
Governments Open Redistricting to the Public
In a reversal, more blacks moving back to South, census data show
Drawing the Lines
CBC braces for redistricting
Redistricting 'newbies' may complicate process
The Dawn of Do-It-Yourself Redistricting? Online Software Puts Redistricting Tools in the Hands of the Public
Do-It-Yourself Congressional Redistricting
Our view on redistricting: Politicians picking voters
South Draws U.S. Blacks
From loading dock to downloading
Redistricting 101: Eight facts about redrawing the US political map
Civil Rights And Civic Engagement Organizations Issue Joint Statement On Reapportionment Data
All 10 States Losing Congressional Seats Tilt Democratic
As Seats in Congress Shift, Redistricting Looms Large
Don't Believe the Reapportionment Hype
Census results to spark map fights
Portrait of America 2010
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