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Fair Redistricting & Ending Gerrymandering

Politicians should not be allowed to draw voting maps that benefit themselves. We need to create a fair system so that voters choose their politicians, not the other way around.

Every ten years, states redraw their electoral districts to reflect population changes. This process should be about making sure that everyone has a voice in our government, but in some states, it has become a partisan tool to undermine our democracy.

Drawing unfair maps — a process known as gerrymandering — denies communities the representation and resources they deserve. Our work to end gerrymandering includes efforts in the courts, on the ballot, and in the legislature to ensure a just and independent process.

What We’re Doing

Ending Gerrymandering in Indiana

Indiana Campaign

Ending Gerrymandering in Indiana

Common Cause Indiana is leading the fight for fair redistricting in Indiana. We support legislation to create a people's redistricting commission in Indiana and establish nonpartisan redistricting standards.
NC NAACP v. Berger

North Carolina Litigation

NC NAACP v. Berger

Common Cause, the North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, and Black Carolinians have filed a federal lawsuit challenging racially discriminatory voting maps in North Carolina.
Common Cause Florida v. Byrd

Florida Litigation

Common Cause Florida v. Byrd

Common Cause and partners are challenging a discriminatory congressional voting map enacted in Florida.

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Sign the Petition: We need fair, independent redistricting

Our elections should represent the will of the people, not partisan interests. We need to reform the rules to END gerrymandering – so that our government is truly of, by, and for the people.

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Rucho Revisited: 5 Takeaways on the 5 Year Anniversary

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Rucho Revisited: 5 Takeaways on the 5 Year Anniversary

On the fifth year anniversary of Rucho v. Common Cause, we reflect on the five most important takeaways from the decision, its impact, and the road ahead.

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Report

The Roadmap for Fair Maps in 2030

The Roadmap for Fair Maps in 2030 provides a detailed summary of the conclusions from the first ever convening of people-led redistricting commissioners from across the country.

Report

Charge Report: Community Redistricting Report Card

The Community Redistricting Report Card reflects on this redistricting cycle, rating each state’s redistricting process based on community feedback. This report is the product of hundreds of on-the- ground interviews and surveys conducted by CHARGE.

Oregon Report

Stronger Together: Native Americans’ Fight for Fair Redistricting

An analysis by Common Cause Oregon, Tribal Democracy Project, and the National Congress of American Indians investigates the impact of this redistricting cycle on American Indian/Alaska Native communities & Tribal Nations across the country.

Fact Sheet

Moore v. Harper: Understanding the Impacts of the Decision

An explainer on the Moore v. Harper victory and what it means for our democracy and the impacts this decision has at the state level.

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Groups Urge Census Changes to Accurately Count Prison Populations For Redistricting

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Groups Urge Census Changes to Accurately Count Prison Populations For Redistricting

Today, Common Cause and the Prison Policy Initiative urged the U.S. Census Bureau to change how it counts prison populations each decade. The Bureau’s use of differential privacy, the intentional infusion of inaccurate information into population data, creates unnecessary miscounts in data used by state and local officials for redistricting. In a letter to Director Robert L. Santos and other senior officials, the groups emphasized that the populations of correctional facilities are already publicly available and that differential privacy is...

Democracy Docket: What Is the Future of Redistricting? Perhaps a Politician-Free Process, Experts Say

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Democracy Docket: What Is the Future of Redistricting? Perhaps a Politician-Free Process, Experts Say

“Illinois’ process basically demonstrated everything that’s wrong with elected officials being in charge of redistricting,” Dan Vicuña, director of the Redistricting and Representation program at Common Cause, told Democracy Docket. “It lacked transparency, disregarded public input, made it very difficult for the public to provide feedback and ignored a lot of community needs.”

In October, the nonprofit organization released a “report card” grading states on their redistricting processes based on certain...

Democracy Docket

PolitiFact: Social media claims mislead about Democratic vote for congressional apportionment

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PolitiFact: Social media claims mislead about Democratic vote for congressional apportionment

Dan Vicuña, the redistricting and representation director at Common Cause, a voting rights group, told PolitiFact, "Making residents of the United States invisible for the purposes of congressional apportionment would be a clear violation of the U.S. constitution."

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Dan Vicuña

Dan Vicuña

Director of Redistricting and Representation

Alton Wang

Alton Wang

Equal Justice Works Fellow

Sarah Andre

Sarah Andre

Mapping Demography Specialist

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