Penn Live: The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has retained a special advisor and asked for technical data in the event it needs to become more directly involved in creating Pennsylvania’s next Congressional district map. The court issued an order Friday naming… Continue reading

WaPo editorial.

Dan Balz WaPo column.

AP reports.

538: In most states, district maps — which define where the constituency of one representative ends and that of another begins — are drawn by the state’s lawmakers. Having politicians define their own districts has not gone entirely smoothly… Continue reading

Sam Baker for Axios.

Peter Miller and Bernie Grofman have written this article for ELJ. Here is the abstract: We test theories about the effects of public input into redistricting, with evidence taken from remarks made in person at public hearings. One model, the… Continue reading

Release: Today, Common Cause filed a motion in the U.S. Supreme Court in Common Cause v. Rucho urging the court to expedite its review of the case in order to provide relief to North Carolina voters in time for 2018… Continue reading