by Hunter Stark | Oct 9, 2026 | Boston University
On April 29th, 2026 the United States Supreme Court gave the decision for the case, Louisiana v. Callais, which ruled that Louisiana’s congressional map, which included two majority African American, and majority Democratic, districts, as unconstitutional, labeling...
by Simi Socks | Apr 28, 2026 | University of Houston
Gerrymandering is a word well known to most with even a passing interest in politics, but to many who don’t pay attention, it’s a word they’ve just recently started hearing. Gerrymandering is the process by which elected officials are able to engineer their own...
by Connor Parrott | Mar 30, 2026 | University of Houston
Introduction Gerrymandering is the practice of drawing electoral maps to favor one political party over another. When redrawing maps, the party in power will use two strategies: packing and cracking. Packing is when a party tries to fit in as many of their likely...
by simmons.815@osu.edu | Oct 14, 2024 | Ohio State University
The League of Women Voters of Northern Portage County (LWVNPC), a small, hyperlocal voting rights and civic engagement group, operates at the edge of the Cleveland suburbs, where cul-de-sacs bleed into corn fields and asphalt turns to tar-and-chip. This intersection...
by lottig.4@osu.edu | Oct 11, 2024 | Ohio State University
Issue One will be on the ballot this November for Ohioans. I spoke to Catey Wolfe, the Campaign Manager for Representative Beryl Brown Piccolantonio, about the importance of ending partisan gerrymandering in Ohio. Since August, I have had the honor to intern on the...
