North Carolina’s Second Route to Redistricting Reform

September 4, 2018 by Sam Wang

The path to redistricting reform in North Carolina has gone through federal courts – but looks shaky at the moment. New in the Washington Post, Rick Ober and I point out a second path, through state courts. This second path does not require a federal standard!

Also in the Post, here’s a beautiful visualization of the causes and consequences of the Tar Heel Gerrymander.

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3 Comments

bks says:

Off topic
LIve polling at NYTimes
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/upshot/elections-polls.html

LondonYoung says:

Interesting to see they only get a 2% response rate.

Rachel Findley says:

Any way to quantify a comparison of election effects of gerrymandering vs election effects of voter suppression?

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