left it back to states and to Congress to develop remedies to challenge and to prevent gerrymandering once again. Partisan gerrymandering, which refers...
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Look up gerrymander or gerrymandering in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gerrymandering. Articles from the ACE Project...
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Conference of the NAACP, 602 U.S. ___ (2024), was a United States Supreme Court case regarding racial gerrymandering and partisan gerrymandering within South...
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Efficiency gap (section Gerrymandering)
party had the most wasted votes (and by how much). It has notably been used to inform debates around gerrymandering in the United States. The efficiency...
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The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. Since the 1850s, its main political rival has been the...
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Maryland's 3rd congressional district (redirect from United States House of Representatives, Maryland District 3)
put forth the For the People Act of 2019 to address electoral reform, voting rights, and gerrymandering in the United States. Following the 2020 redistricting...
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redistricting, i.e., the drawing of boundaries of electoral districts in the United States. Gerrymandering covers the history of the redistricting practice...
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Miller v. Johnson (category Gerrymandering in the United States)
515 U.S. 900 (1995), was a United States Supreme Court case concerning "affirmative gerrymandering/racial gerrymandering", where racial minority-majority...
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Beyer in 2019 and 2021. The bill has three main provisions: Establish independent redistricting commissions in all states to prevent gerrymandering Creating...
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The 2020 United States elections were held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. The Democratic Party's nominee, former vice president Joe Biden, defeated incumbent...
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delegations from the State of Texas to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. The current deans of the Texas delegation...
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laws to reduce the influence of money in politics, ban partisan gerrymandering, and create new ethics rules for federal officeholders. The act was originally...
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transportation have been systematically separated in the United States based on racial categorizations. Segregation was the legally or socially enforced separation...
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In the politics of the United States, elections are held for government officials at the federal, state, and local levels. At the federal level, the nation's...
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Elbridge Gerry (redirect from 5th Vice President of the United States)
gerrymandering is named after him. Born into a wealthy merchant family, Gerry vocally opposed British colonial policy in the 1760s and was active in the...
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The United States Congress is the legislature of the federal government of the United States. It is bicameral, composed of a lower body, the House of Representatives...
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political issue throughout United States history. Eligibility to vote in the United States is governed by the United States Constitution and by federal...
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Rucho v. Common Cause (category Gerrymandering in the United States)
landmark case of the United States Supreme Court concerning partisan gerrymandering. The Court ruled that while partisan gerrymandering may be "incompatible...
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REDMAP (category Gerrymandering in the United States)
Gerrymandered Their Way to Victory in Maryland". The Atlantic. Retrieved March 29, 2018. FRANKE-RUTA, GARANCE (August 26, 2013). "How Gerrymandering Has...
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Bush v. Vera (category Gerrymandering in the United States)
Bush v. Vera, 517 U.S. 952 (1996), is a United States Supreme Court case concerning racial gerrymandering, where racial minority majority-electoral districts...
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widely used, and often legal, tactic in the United States.[26] In the U.S., gerrymandering typically involves the "packing and cracking" method, but other...
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The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction...
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reflected in discriminatory laws, practices, and actions (including violence) against "racial" or ethnic groups throughout the history of the United States. Since...
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Vieth v. Jubelirer (category Gerrymandering in the United States)
was a United States Supreme Court ruling that was significant in the area of partisan redistricting and political gerrymandering. The court, in a plurality...
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Clarke v. Wisconsin Elections Commission (category Gerrymandering in the United States)
passed by the legislature. While partisan gerrymandering was not an issue the court chose to address in the lawsuit, the decision and remedy had the effect...
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The 2020 United States presidential election was the 59th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. The Democratic ticket...
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Gill v. Whitford (category Gerrymandering in the United States)
(2018), was a United States Supreme Court case involving the constitutionality of partisan gerrymandering. Other forms of gerrymandering based on racial...
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in 2017 and 2018 "to decide upon the constitutional legality or illegality of gerrymandering" has "emboldened ever more partisan gerrymandering". In addition...
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From the first United States Congress in 1789 through the 116th Congress in 2020, 162 African Americans served in Congress. Meanwhile, the total number...
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legislative maps on the grounds of either racial gerrymandering or partisan gerrymandering. These states include Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho...
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