Yet in a race this close, partisan gerrymandering will be central to determining which party takes control of the House. And as it has since 2012, the GOP begins with a head start. Just as ...

Although abortion isn't directly on the ballot, Issue 1 relates to abortion policy more than many realize. Gerrymandering—the manipulation of electoral district boundaries for partisan advantage—has ...

The vote marked a disappointing loss for anti-gerrymandering reformers in a key state. The ballot measure, known as Issue 1, proposed a state constitutional amendment to replace Ohio’s current ...

Ohio voters defeated a major ballot initiative on Tuesday that would have ended partisan gerrymandering in the state and curbed the lopsided majorities Republicans hold in the state legislature ...

This allowed them to pick with precision which voters they’d like to have in each district—a process known as gerrymandering. Typically, the party in control of the state legislature has two ...

The reality is that it comes down to two straightforward facts about accountability and gerrymandering. Instead of going through the maze, let’s go straight at it. Here’s your simplified ...

and a divided three-judge panel agreed the new map was "an unconstitutional racial gerrymander that violated the equal protection clause of the Constitution." The Supreme Court blocked that ruling ...

Callais. In June 2022, Chief Judge Shelly Dick, an Obama appointee to a federal court in Louisiana, determined that state’s congressional maps were an illegal racial gerrymander. Under the ...

“In analyzing the vote tonight, it is clear that millions of Ohioans who voted ‘yes’ want to end gerrymandering," said O'Connor, a former Republican officeholder. "And it is also clear that ...

Among other issues, Issue 1 supporters noted that the amendment, as written for the ballot (which is different than the actual language of the amendment itself), implies that Issue 1 would create ...

By Michael Wines Voters in Ohio rejected a ban on partisan gerrymandering of state legislative and congressional districts on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press, after a ferocious battle ...