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Unlocking Fair Maps: The Keys to Independent Redistricting

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Unlocking Fair Maps: The Keys to Independent Redistricting

This report delves into the considerations advocates and policymakers face when proposing an independent redistricting commission, and it describes and assesses the common elements of contemporary commissions. Every IRC should be set up to best serve the needs of your state or locality because there is no one-size-fits-all model for an independent commission.
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Getting to 100%: How changing the election date can improve voter turnout

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Getting to 100%: How changing the election date can improve voter turnout

One of the greatest barometers for waning civic engagement in American politics is declining voter turnout in federal, state, and municipal elections. There are many potential contributing factors: general cynicism about government and elected officials, a decline in investment in civics education, and an increasingly transient society. Yet there is one major contributing factor to low
voter turnout – the timing of elections – that could be addressed with a relatively simple policy change.

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