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Instead of allowing politicians to approve final redistricting maps, Independent Redistricting Committees (IRCs) are cross-partisan entities that facilitate fair redistricting with the final authority to draw voting districts. This report examines how IRCs are established, and highlights...

Redistricting is the process of redrawing the district maps used by political jurisdictions to elect public officials. This process takes place every ten years following each decennial census and affects all government bodies that use district elections including the U.S. House of...

Because the Census counts incarcerated individuals as residents of the places they were confined, localities with correctional facilities will have fewer residents thus granting their residents greater representation in local elections. This fact sheet outlines how some localities...