With a citizen-led independent redistricting commission, California has long championed taking politicians out of the ...

RHINELANDER (WJFW) — A political arms race is underway in preparation for the hotly contested 2026 Midterm Elections. This ...

California's ballot measure gerrymandering congressional lines continues a trend that's eliminated political competition in ...

Proposition 50 strips citizens of their power to draw fair maps, and it hands that power back to politicians in Sacramento.

Californians have started receiving their ballots this week for the Nov. 4 special election. Voters will decide on Proposition 50, a measure that would redraw the state’s congressional maps to help ...

We’re voting No on Proposition 50 because: • We believe in fair representation for all Californians, regardless of party or ...

The decision by California voters to temporarily return to gerrymandered congressional maps won’t overcome that Democrats are ...

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The triumph of partisanship over principle was vividly played out in the key state of Virginia in the 1800 presidential election. Alexander Keyssar, a professor of history and social policy at the ...

Re “Do Not Re-Gerrymander California,” by Charles T. Munger Jr. (Opinion guest essay, Sept. 3): There seems to be a righteous uproar about California’s Proposition 50 redistricting proposal. I’m a ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Texas House Republican lawmakers’ initial passage of new mid-decade congressional maps that aim to pad ...

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